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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31256 and 31260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31256 and 31260 is 4.

GCF(31256,31260) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31256 and 31260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31256 and 31260.

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How to find the GCF of 31256 and 31260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31256 and 31260. After we will calculate the factors of 31256 and 31260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31256

Prime factors of 31256 are 2, 3907. Prime factorization of 31256 in exponential form is:

31256 = 23 × 39071

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31260

Prime factors of 31260 are 2, 3, 5, 521. Prime factorization of 31260 in exponential form is:

31260 = 22 × 31 × 51 × 5211

Step-3: Factors of 31256

List of positive integer factors of 31256 that divides 31256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3907, 7814, 15628

Step-4: Factors of 31260

List of positive integer factors of 31260 that divides 31256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 521, 1042, 1563, 2084, 2605, 3126, 5210, 6252, 7815, 10420, 15630

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31256 and 31260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31256 and 31260 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31256 and 31260