What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31742 and 31759?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31742 and 31759 is 1.

GCF(31742,31759) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31742 and 31759, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31742 and 31759.

How to find the GCF of 31742 and 31759?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31742 and 31759. After we will calculate the factors of 31742 and 31759 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 31759

Prime factors of 31759 are 7, 13, 349. Prime factorization of 31759 in exponential form is:

31759 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 349¹

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 31759

List of positive integer factors of 31759 that divides 31742 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 349, 2443, 4537

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31742 and 31759. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31742 and 31759 is 1.

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