What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31562 and 31574?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31562 and 31574 is 2.

GCF(31562,31574) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31562 and 31574, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31562 and 31574.

How to find the GCF of 31562 and 31574?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31562 and 31574. After we will calculate the factors of 31562 and 31574 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31562

Prime factors of 31562 are 2, 43, 367. Prime factorization of 31562 in exponential form is:

31562 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31574

Prime factors of 31574 are 2, 15787. Prime factorization of 31574 in exponential form is:

31574 = 2¹ × 15787¹

Step-3: Factors of 31562

List of positive integer factors of 31562 that divides 31562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 367, 734, 15781

Step-4: Factors of 31574

List of positive integer factors of 31574 that divides 31562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 15787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31562 and 31574. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31562 and 31574 is 2.

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