Q: What are the prime factors of the number 5,379,792?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 23, 443

Why are those the prime factors of the number 5,379,792?

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 5,379,792

5,379,792
Factor Arrows
22,689,896
Factor Arrows
21,344,948
Factor Arrows
2672,474
Factor Arrows
2336,237
Factor Arrows
3112,079
Factor Arrows
1110,189
Factor Arrows
23443

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, 443

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 11 x 23 x 443 = 5,379,792

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 111 x 231 x 4431 = 5,379,792

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


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