Prime factors of 359
359 is a prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 359 or 359 × 1, therefore the prime factor is: 359
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 359 divided by 359 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 359?
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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(359\div \color{red}{359} = 1\)
Factorize\( (359) = \) \(359\)
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