Q: What are the prime factors of the number 732,032?

 A: 2, 7, 19, 43

Why are those the prime factors of the number 732,032?

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 732,032

732,032
Factor Arrows
2366,016
Factor Arrows
2183,008
Factor Arrows
291,504
Factor Arrows
245,752
Factor Arrows
222,876
Factor Arrows
211,438
Factor Arrows
25,719
Factor Arrows
7817
Factor Arrows
1943

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, 7, 19, 43

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 7 x 19 x 43 = 732,032

This can also be written as 27 x 71 x 191 x 431 = 732,032

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


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