What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31832 and 31852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31832 and 31852 is 4.

GCF(31832,31852) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31832 and 31852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31832 and 31852.

How to find the GCF of 31832 and 31852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31832 and 31852. After we will calculate the factors of 31832 and 31852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31832

Prime factors of 31832 are 2, 23, 173. Prime factorization of 31832 in exponential form is:

31832 = 2³ × 23¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31852

Prime factors of 31852 are 2, 7963. Prime factorization of 31852 in exponential form is:

31852 = 2² × 7963¹

Step-3: Factors of 31832

List of positive integer factors of 31832 that divides 31832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 173, 184, 346, 692, 1384, 3979, 7958, 15916

Step-4: Factors of 31852

List of positive integer factors of 31852 that divides 31832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7963, 15926

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31832 and 31852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31832 and 31852 is 4.

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