What are the Factors of 291?

Factors of 291 Methods What are the Factors of 291? The following are the different types of factors of 291: • Factors of 291: 1, 3, 97, 291 • Sum of Factors of 291: 392 • Negative Factors of 291: -1, -3, -97, -291 • Prime Factors of 291: 3, 97 • Prime Factorization of 291: 3^1 × 97^1 There are two ways to find the factors of 291: using factor pairs, and using prime factorization. The Factor Pairs of 291 Factor pairs of 291 are any two numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 291. The question to ask is “what two numbers multiplied together equal 291?” Every factor can be paired with another factor, and multiplying the two will result in 291. To find the factor pairs of 291, follow these steps: Step 1: Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 291. For reference, the first prime numbers to check are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. In this case, the smallest factor that’s a prime number larger than 1 is 3. Step 2: Divide 291 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 3: 291 ÷ 3 = 97 3 and 97 will make a new factor pair. Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 97 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 97 by that number. In this case, 97 is the new smallest prime factor: 97 ÷ 97 = 1 Remember that this new factor pair is only for the factors of 97, not 291. So, to finish the factor pair for 291, you’d multiply 3 and 97 before pairing with 1: 3 x 97 = 291 Step 4: Repeat this process until there are no longer any prime factors larger than one to divide by. At the end, you should have the full list of factor pairs. Here are all the factor pairs for 291: (1, 291), (3, 97) So, to list all the factors of 291: 1, 3, 97, 291 The negative factors of 291 would be: -1, -3, -97, -291 Prime Factorization of 291 To find the Prime factorization of 291, we break down all the factors of 291 until we are left with only prime factors. We then express n as a product of multiplying the prime factors together. The process of finding the prime factorization of 291 only has a few differences from the above method of finding the factors of 291. Instead of ensuring we find the right factor pairs, we continue to factor each step until we are left with only the list of smallest prime factors greater than 1. Here are the steps for finding the prime factorization of 291: Step 1: Find the smallest prime number that is larger than 1, and is a factor of 291. For reference, the first prime numbers to check are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13. In this case, the smallest factor that’s a prime number larger than 1 is 3. Step 2: Divide 291 by the smallest prime factor, in this case, 3 291 ÷ 3 = 97 3 becomes the first number in our prime factorization. Step 3: Repeat Steps 1 and 2, using 97 as the new focus. Find the smallest prime factor that isn’t 1, and divide 97 by that number. The smallest prime factor you pick for 97 will then be the next prime factor. If you keep repeating this process, there will be a point where there will be no more prime factors left, which leaves you with the prime factors for prime factorization. So, the unique prime factors of 291 are: 3, 97 Find the Factors of Other Numbers Practice your factoring skills by exploring how to factor other numbers, like the ones below: Factors of 70 - The factors of 70 are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70 Factors of 22 - The factors of 22 are 1, 2, 11, 22 Factors of 109 - The factors of 109 are 1, 109 Factors of 65 - The factors of 65 are 1, 5, 13, 65