Prime factors of 229
229 is a prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 229 or 229 × 1, therefore the prime factor is: 229
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 229 divided by 229 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 229?
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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(229\div \color{red}{229} = 1\)
Factorize\( (229) = \) \(229\)
If you want to learn more about prime factorization, take a look at the Wikipedia page.
