Q: What are the prime factors of the number 5,733,376?

 A: 2, 11, 509

Why are those the prime factors of the number 5,733,376?

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 5,733,376

5,733,376
Factor Arrows
22,866,688
Factor Arrows
21,433,344
Factor Arrows
2716,672
Factor Arrows
2358,336
Factor Arrows
2179,168
Factor Arrows
289,584
Factor Arrows
244,792
Factor Arrows
222,396
Factor Arrows
211,198
Factor Arrows
25,599
Factor Arrows
11509

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, 11, 509

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 2 x 2 x 2 x 11 x 509 = 5,733,376

This can also be written as 210 x 111 x 5091 = 5,733,376

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


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