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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31218 and 31227?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31218 and 31227 is 3.

GCF(31218,31227) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31218 and 31227, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31218 and 31227.

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How to find the GCF of 31218 and 31227?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31218 and 31227. After we will calculate the factors of 31218 and 31227 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31218

Prime factors of 31218 are 2, 3, 11, 43. Prime factorization of 31218 in exponential form is:

31218 = 21 × 31 × 112 × 431

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31227

Prime factors of 31227 are 3, 7, 1487. Prime factorization of 31227 in exponential form is:

31227 = 31 × 71 × 14871

Step-3: Factors of 31218

List of positive integer factors of 31218 that divides 31218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 43, 66, 86, 121, 129, 242, 258, 363, 473, 726, 946, 1419, 2838, 5203, 10406, 15609

Step-4: Factors of 31227

List of positive integer factors of 31227 that divides 31218 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1487, 4461, 10409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31218 and 31227. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31218 and 31227 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31218 and 31227