Prime factors of 55239

The prime factors are: 3, 18413
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 55239 divided by 3, 18413 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 55239?

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

\(55239\div \color{red}{3} = 18413\)
\(18413\div \color{red}{18413} = 1\)

Factorize\( (55239) = \) \(3\times 18413\)