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