Prime factors of 16179

The prime factors are: 3, 5393
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 16179 divided by 3, 5393 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 16179?

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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).

\(16179\div \color{red}{3} = 5393\)
\(5393\div \color{red}{5393} = 1\)

Factorize\( (16179) = \) \(3\times 5393\)