What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31882 and 31886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31882 and 31886 is 2.

GCF(31882,31886) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31882 and 31886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31882 and 31886.

How to find the GCF of 31882 and 31886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31882 and 31886. After we will calculate the factors of 31882 and 31886 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31882

Prime factors of 31882 are 2, 19, 839. Prime factorization of 31882 in exponential form is:

31882 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31886

Prime factors of 31886 are 2, 107, 149. Prime factorization of 31886 in exponential form is:

31886 = 2¹ × 107¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 31882

List of positive integer factors of 31882 that divides 31882 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 839, 1678, 15941

Step-4: Factors of 31886

List of positive integer factors of 31886 that divides 31882 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 149, 214, 298, 15943

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31882 and 31886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31882 and 31886 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31882 and 31886