Prime factors of 53950

The prime factors are: 2, 5, 5, 13, 83
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 53950 divided by 2, 5, 5, 13, 83 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 53950?

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

\(53950\div \color{red}{2} = 26975\)
\(26975\div \color{red}{5} = 5395\)
\(5395\div \color{red}{5} = 1079\)
\(1079\div \color{red}{13} = 83\)
\(83\div \color{red}{83} = 1\)

Factorize\( (53950) = \) \(2\times 5\times 5\times 13\times 83\)

Factor Tree of 53950

53950
226975
55395
51079
1383
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