Prime factors of 137
137 is a prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 137 or 137 × 1, therefore the prime factor is: 137
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 137 divided by 137 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 137?
The main method of prime factorization is start dividing the number by the any divisible prime numbers until the only numbers left are prime numbers \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(137\div \color{red}{137} = 1\)
Factorize\( (137) = \) \(137\)
If you want to learn more about prime factorization, take a look at the Wikipedia page.
