Prime factors of 17242

The prime factors are: 2, 37, 233
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 17242 divided by 2, 37, 233 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 17242?

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

\(17242\div \color{red}{2} = 8621\)
\(8621\div \color{red}{37} = 233\)
\(233\div \color{red}{233} = 1\)

Factorize\( (17242) = \) \(2\times 37\times 233\)