Prime factors of 20371

The prime factors are: 13, 1567
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 20371 divided by 13, 1567 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 20371?

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

\(20371\div \color{red}{13} = 1567\)
\(1567\div \color{red}{1567} = 1\)

Factorize\( (20371) = \) \(13\times 1567\)