Q: What are the prime factors of the number 22,824?

 A: 2, 3, 317

Why are those the prime factors of the number 22,824?

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 22,824

22,824
Factor Arrows
211,412
Factor Arrows
25,706
Factor Arrows
22,853
Factor Arrows
3951
Factor Arrows
3317

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, 317

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 317 = 22,824

This can also be written as 23 x 32 x 3171 = 22,824

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


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