What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31535 and 31552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31535 and 31552 is 17.

GCF(31535,31552) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31535 and 31552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31535 and 31552.

How to find the GCF of 31535 and 31552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31535 and 31552. After we will calculate the factors of 31535 and 31552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31535

Prime factors of 31535 are 5, 7, 17, 53. Prime factorization of 31535 in exponential form is:

31535 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31552

Prime factors of 31552 are 2, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 31552 in exponential form is:

31552 = 2⁶ × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 31535

List of positive integer factors of 31535 that divides 31535 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 17, 35, 53, 85, 119, 265, 371, 595, 901, 1855, 4505, 6307

Step-4: Factors of 31552

List of positive integer factors of 31552 that divides 31535 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 29, 32, 34, 58, 64, 68, 116, 136, 232, 272, 464, 493, 544, 928, 986, 1088, 1856, 1972, 3944, 7888, 15776

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31535 and 31552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31535 and 31552 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31535 and 31552