Q: What are the prime factors of the number 534,336?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 23

Why are those the prime factors of the number 534,336?

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 534,336

534,336
Factor Arrows
2267,168
Factor Arrows
2133,584
Factor Arrows
266,792
Factor Arrows
233,396
Factor Arrows
216,698
Factor Arrows
28,349
Factor Arrows
32,783
Factor Arrows
11253
Factor Arrows
1123

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, 11, 23

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 3 x 11 x 11 x 23 = 534,336

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 112 x 231 = 534,336

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


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