Prime factors of 21791
The prime factors are: 7, 11, 283
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 21791 divided by 7, 11, 283 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 21791?
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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(21791\div \color{red}{7} = 3113\)
\(3113\div \color{red}{11} = 283\)
\(283\div \color{red}{283} = 1\)
Factorize\( (21791) = \) \(7\times 11\times 283\)
Factor Tree of 21791
| 21791 | | |
| | | |
|  | | |
| 7 | | 3113 | |
| |  | |
| 11 | | 283 |
If you want to learn more about prime factorization, take a look at the Wikipedia page.