Prime factors of 20798

The prime factors are: 2, 10399
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 20798 divided by 2, 10399 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 20798?

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

\(20798\div \color{red}{2} = 10399\)
\(10399\div \color{red}{10399} = 1\)

Factorize\( (20798) = \) \(2\times 10399\)