What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31987 and 31997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31987 and 31997 is 1.

GCF(31987,31997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31987 and 31997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31987 and 31997.

How to find the GCF of 31987 and 31997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31987 and 31997. After we will calculate the factors of 31987 and 31997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31987

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

31987 = 29¹ × 1103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31997

Prime factors of 31997 are 7, 653. Prime factorization of 31997 in exponential form is:

31997 = 7² × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 31987

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

1, 29, 1103

Step-4: Factors of 31997

List of positive integer factors of 31997 that divides 31987 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 653, 4571

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31987 and 31997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31987 and 31997 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 31987 and 31997