Prime factorization

Prime Factorization | Definition, Methods & Examples

Semiprimes

Imagine a number so colossal that if you tried to read it aloud, it would take months. This is M82589933. Until extremely recently, it held the title for the largest known prime number. The number is a "Mersenne Prime," calculated as 2 to the power of 82,589,933, minus 1. The scale of this number is almost impossible to visualize. It contains over 24 million digits. To put that into perspective, if you were to print this number out in a standard font size, the strip of paper would stretch for ov