Prime factors of 22202

The prime factors are: 2, 17, 653
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 22202 divided by 2, 17, 653 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 22202?

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

\(22202\div \color{red}{2} = 11101\)
\(11101\div \color{red}{17} = 653\)
\(653\div \color{red}{653} = 1\)

Factorize\( (22202) = \) \(2\times 17\times 653\)