Prime factors of 8846

The prime factors are: 2, 4423
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 8846 divided by 2, 4423 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 8846?

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

\(8846\div \color{red}{2} = 4423\)
\(4423\div \color{red}{4423} = 1\)

Factorize\( (8846) = \) \(2\times 4423\)