What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31978 and 31982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31978 and 31982 is 2.

GCF(31978,31982) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31978 and 31982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31978 and 31982.

How to find the GCF of 31978 and 31982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31978 and 31982. After we will calculate the factors of 31978 and 31982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31978

Prime factors of 31978 are 2, 59, 271. Prime factorization of 31978 in exponential form is:

31978 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31982

Prime factors of 31982 are 2, 15991. Prime factorization of 31982 in exponential form is:

31982 = 2¹ × 15991¹

Step-3: Factors of 31978

List of positive integer factors of 31978 that divides 31978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 271, 542, 15989

Step-4: Factors of 31982

List of positive integer factors of 31982 that divides 31978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 15991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31978 and 31982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31978 and 31982 is 2.

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