Prime factors of 8391

The prime factors are: 3, 2797
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 8391 divided by 3, 2797 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 8391?

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

\(8391\div \color{red}{3} = 2797\)
\(2797\div \color{red}{2797} = 1\)

Factorize\( (8391) = \) \(3\times 2797\)