What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31494 and 31503?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31494 and 31503 is 3.

GCF(31494,31503) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31494 and 31503, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31494 and 31503.

How to find the GCF of 31494 and 31503?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31494 and 31503. After we will calculate the factors of 31494 and 31503 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31494

Prime factors of 31494 are 2, 3, 29, 181. Prime factorization of 31494 in exponential form is:

31494 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31503

Prime factors of 31503 are 3, 10501. Prime factorization of 31503 in exponential form is:

31503 = 3¹ × 10501¹

Step-3: Factors of 31494

List of positive integer factors of 31494 that divides 31494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 181, 362, 543, 1086, 5249, 10498, 15747

Step-4: Factors of 31503

List of positive integer factors of 31503 that divides 31494 without a remainder.

1, 3, 10501

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31494 and 31503. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31494 and 31503 is 3.

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