What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31969 and 31984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31969 and 31984 is 1.

GCF(31969,31984) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31969 and 31984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31969 and 31984.

How to find the GCF of 31969 and 31984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31969 and 31984. After we will calculate the factors of 31969 and 31984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31969

Prime factors of 31969 are 7, 4567. Prime factorization of 31969 in exponential form is:

31969 = 7¹ × 4567¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31984

Prime factors of 31984 are 2, 1999. Prime factorization of 31984 in exponential form is:

31984 = 2⁴ × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 31969

List of positive integer factors of 31969 that divides 31969 without a remainder.

1, 7, 4567

Step-4: Factors of 31984

List of positive integer factors of 31984 that divides 31969 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1999, 3998, 7996, 15992

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31969 and 31984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31969 and 31984 is 1.

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