What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31330 and 31342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31330 and 31342 is 2.

GCF(31330,31342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31330 and 31342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31330 and 31342.

How to find the GCF of 31330 and 31342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31330 and 31342. After we will calculate the factors of 31330 and 31342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31330

Prime factors of 31330 are 2, 5, 13, 241. Prime factorization of 31330 in exponential form is:

31330 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31342

Prime factors of 31342 are 2, 15671. Prime factorization of 31342 in exponential form is:

31342 = 2¹ × 15671¹

Step-3: Factors of 31330

List of positive integer factors of 31330 that divides 31330 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 26, 65, 130, 241, 482, 1205, 2410, 3133, 6266, 15665

Step-4: Factors of 31342

List of positive integer factors of 31342 that divides 31330 without a remainder.

1, 2, 15671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31330 and 31342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31330 and 31342 is 2.

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