What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31978 and 31988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31978 and 31988 is 2.

GCF(31978,31988) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31978 and 31988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31978 and 31988.

How to find the GCF of 31978 and 31988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31978 and 31988. After we will calculate the factors of 31978 and 31988 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 31988

Prime factors of 31988 are 2, 11, 727. Prime factorization of 31988 in exponential form is:

31988 = 2² × 11¹ × 727¹

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 31988

List of positive integer factors of 31988 that divides 31978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 727, 1454, 2908, 7997, 15994

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31978 and 31988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31978 and 31988 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31978 and 31988