What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31970 and 31987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31970 and 31987 is 1.

GCF(31970,31987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31970 and 31987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31970 and 31987.

How to find the GCF of 31970 and 31987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31970 and 31987. After we will calculate the factors of 31970 and 31987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31970

Prime factors of 31970 are 2, 5, 23, 139. Prime factorization of 31970 in exponential form is:

31970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31987

Prime factors of 31987 are 29, 1103. Prime factorization of 31987 in exponential form is:

31987 = 29¹ × 1103¹

Step-3: Factors of 31970

List of positive integer factors of 31970 that divides 31970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 46, 115, 139, 230, 278, 695, 1390, 3197, 6394, 15985

Step-4: Factors of 31987

List of positive integer factors of 31987 that divides 31970 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1103

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31970 and 31987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31970 and 31987 is 1.

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