What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31426 and 31434?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31426 and 31434 is 2.

GCF(31426,31434) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31426 and 31434, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31426 and 31434.

How to find the GCF of 31426 and 31434?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31426 and 31434. After we will calculate the factors of 31426 and 31434 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31426

Prime factors of 31426 are 2, 19, 827. Prime factorization of 31426 in exponential form is:

31426 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31434

Prime factors of 31434 are 2, 3, 13, 31. Prime factorization of 31434 in exponential form is:

31434 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13² × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 31426

List of positive integer factors of 31426 that divides 31426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 827, 1654, 15713

Step-4: Factors of 31434

List of positive integer factors of 31434 that divides 31426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 31, 39, 62, 78, 93, 169, 186, 338, 403, 507, 806, 1014, 1209, 2418, 5239, 10478, 15717

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31426 and 31434. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31426 and 31434 is 2.

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