Prime factors of 16421
16421 is a prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 16421 or 16421 × 1, therefore the prime factor is: 16421
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 16421 divided by 16421 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 16421?
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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(16421\div \color{red}{16421} = 1\)
Factorize\( (16421) = \) \(16421\)
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