Prime factors of 16593

The prime factors are: 3, 5531
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 16593 divided by 3, 5531 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 16593?

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

\(16593\div \color{red}{3} = 5531\)
\(5531\div \color{red}{5531} = 1\)

Factorize\( (16593) = \) \(3\times 5531\)