Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 457
GCF(24, 457) = 1, Greatest common factor of 24 and 457 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 457. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 457 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 24 and 457.
Prime Factorization of 24 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 3 and Prime Factorization of 457 is 1, 457.
- Factorize\( (24) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\)
- Factorize\( (457) = \) \(1\times 457\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(24, 457) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 457 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 24 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
List of positive integers factors of 457 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 457
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 24 and 457 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 24 and 457 is 1.
\(GCF(24, 457) = 1\).
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