What are the factors and prime factors of 179?

Answer 1

179 is a Prime number. The only two factors of a prime number are 1 and itself.

The two factors of 179 are 1 and 179. There are only two factors of a prime number.

The only factor pair of 179 is 1 x 179. There is only one factor pair of a prime number.

The proper factors of 179 are only 1 or,

if the definition you are using excludes 1, there are none.

The only prime factor of 179 is 179. There is only one prime factor of a prime number - itself.

The distinct prime factor (listing each prime factor only once) of 179 is also 179.

The prime factorization of 179 is 179. In some cases, to emphasize that it is prime, you might write the prime factorization as 1 x 179.

NOTE: There cannot be common factors, a greatest common factor, or a least common multiple because "common" refers to factors or multiples that two or more numbers have in common.