What is the Greatest Common Factor of 219 and 236?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 219 and 236 is 1.

GCF(219,236) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 219 and 236, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 219 and 236.

How to find the GCF of 219 and 236?

We will first find the prime factorization of 219 and 236. After we will calculate the factors of 219 and 236 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 219

Prime factors of 219 are 3, 73. Prime factorization of 219 in exponential form is:

219 = 3¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 236

Prime factors of 236 are 2, 59. Prime factorization of 236 in exponential form is:

236 = 2² × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 219

List of positive integer factors of 219 that divides 219 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73

Step-4: Factors of 236

List of positive integer factors of 236 that divides 219 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 59, 118

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 219 and 236. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 219 and 236 is 1.

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