Prime factors of 16387
The prime factors are: 7, 2341
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 16387 divided by 7, 2341 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 16387?
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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(16387\div \color{red}{7} = 2341\)
\(2341\div \color{red}{2341} = 1\)
Factorize\( (16387) = \) \(7\times 2341\)
Factor Tree of 16387
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| 7 | | 2341 |
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