Q: What are the prime factors of the number 11,333,632?

 A: 2, 2767

Why are those the prime factors of the number 11,333,632?

Prime factors are the prime numbers that can be multipled together to equal the original number. You find the factors by dividing by prime numbers. It is best shown by creating a Factor Tree.

Factor Tree for the number 11,333,632

11,333,632
Factor Arrows
25,666,816
Factor Arrows
22,833,408
Factor Arrows
21,416,704
Factor Arrows
2708,352
Factor Arrows
2354,176
Factor Arrows
2177,088
Factor Arrows
288,544
Factor Arrows
244,272
Factor Arrows
222,136
Factor Arrows
211,068
Factor Arrows
25,534
Factor Arrows
22,767

The numbers in bold above are the prime factors. If there are multiples, you only count them one time. This leads us to our prime factors of:

2, 2767

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2,767 = 11,333,632

This can also be written as 212 x 2,7671 = 11,333,632

If you would like to know more, or need additional explanation, please review our prime factorization explanation.


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