What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31712 and 31717?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31712 and 31717 is 1.

GCF(31712,31717) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31712 and 31717, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31712 and 31717.

How to find the GCF of 31712 and 31717?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31712 and 31717. After we will calculate the factors of 31712 and 31717 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31712

Prime factors of 31712 are 2, 991. Prime factorization of 31712 in exponential form is:

31712 = 2⁵ × 991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31717

Prime factors of 31717 are 7, 23, 197. Prime factorization of 31717 in exponential form is:

31717 = 7¹ × 23¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 31712

List of positive integer factors of 31712 that divides 31712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 991, 1982, 3964, 7928, 15856

Step-4: Factors of 31717

List of positive integer factors of 31717 that divides 31712 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 161, 197, 1379, 4531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31712 and 31717. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31712 and 31717 is 1.

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