Prime factors of 31118

The prime factors are: 2, 15559
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 31118 divided by 2, 15559 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 31118?

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

\(31118\div \color{red}{2} = 15559\)
\(15559\div \color{red}{15559} = 1\)

Factorize\( (31118) = \) \(2\times 15559\)