Q: What are the prime factors of the number 18,433,692?

 A: 2, 3, 512047

Why are those the prime factors of the number 18,433,692?

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 18,433,692

18,433,692
Factor Arrows
29,216,846
Factor Arrows
24,608,423
Factor Arrows
31,536,141
Factor Arrows
3512,047

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, 3, 512047

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 512,047 = 18,433,692

This can also be written as 22 x 32 x 512,0471 = 18,433,692

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


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