What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31982 and 31996?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31982 and 31996 is 2.

GCF(31982,31996) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31982 and 31996, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31982 and 31996.

How to find the GCF of 31982 and 31996?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31982 and 31996. After we will calculate the factors of 31982 and 31996 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31982

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

31982 = 2¹ × 15991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31996

Prime factors of 31996 are 2, 19, 421. Prime factorization of 31996 in exponential form is:

31996 = 2² × 19¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 31982

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

1, 2, 15991

Step-4: Factors of 31996

List of positive integer factors of 31996 that divides 31982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 421, 842, 1684, 7999, 15998

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31982 and 31996. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31982 and 31996 is 2.

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