Prime factors of 17842

The prime factors are: 2, 11, 811
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 17842 divided by 2, 11, 811 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 17842?

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

\(17842\div \color{red}{2} = 8921\)
\(8921\div \color{red}{11} = 811\)
\(811\div \color{red}{811} = 1\)

Factorize\( (17842) = \) \(2\times 11\times 811\)