Prime factors of 5501
5501 is a prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 5501 or 5501 × 1, therefore the prime factor is: 5501
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 5501 divided by 5501 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.
How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 5501?
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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).
\(5501\div \color{red}{5501} = 1\)
Factorize\( (5501) = \) \(5501\)
If you want to learn more about prime factorization, take a look at the Wikipedia page.
