What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31742 and 31754?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31742 and 31754 is 2.

GCF(31742,31754) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31742 and 31754, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31742 and 31754.

How to find the GCF of 31742 and 31754?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31742 and 31754. After we will calculate the factors of 31742 and 31754 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31742

Prime factors of 31742 are 2, 59, 269. Prime factorization of 31742 in exponential form is:

31742 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31754

Prime factors of 31754 are 2, 15877. Prime factorization of 31754 in exponential form is:

31754 = 2¹ × 15877¹

Step-3: Factors of 31742

List of positive integer factors of 31742 that divides 31742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 269, 538, 15871

Step-4: Factors of 31754

List of positive integer factors of 31754 that divides 31742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 15877

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31742 and 31754. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31742 and 31754 is 2.

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