Prime factors of 23172

The prime factors are: 2, 2, 3, 1931
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 23172 divided by 2, 2, 3, 1931 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 23172?

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

\(23172\div \color{red}{2} = 11586\)
\(11586\div \color{red}{2} = 5793\)
\(5793\div \color{red}{3} = 1931\)
\(1931\div \color{red}{1931} = 1\)

Factorize\( (23172) = \) \(2\times 2\times 3\times 1931\)