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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31038 and 31042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31038 and 31042 is 2.

GCF(31038,31042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31038 and 31042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31038 and 31042.

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How to find the GCF of 31038 and 31042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31038 and 31042. After we will calculate the factors of 31038 and 31042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31038

Prime factors of 31038 are 2, 3, 7, 739. Prime factorization of 31038 in exponential form is:

31038 = 21 × 31 × 71 × 7391

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31042

Prime factors of 31042 are 2, 11, 17, 83. Prime factorization of 31042 in exponential form is:

31042 = 21 × 111 × 171 × 831

Step-3: Factors of 31038

List of positive integer factors of 31038 that divides 31038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 739, 1478, 2217, 4434, 5173, 10346, 15519

Step-4: Factors of 31042

List of positive integer factors of 31042 that divides 31038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 83, 166, 187, 374, 913, 1411, 1826, 2822, 15521

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31038 and 31042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31038 and 31042 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31038 and 31042