Prime factors of 20697

The prime factors are: 3, 6899
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 20697 divided by 3, 6899 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 20697?

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

\(20697\div \color{red}{3} = 6899\)
\(6899\div \color{red}{6899} = 1\)

Factorize\( (20697) = \) \(3\times 6899\)