Prime factors of 32492

The prime factors are: 2, 2, 8123
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 32492 divided by 2, 2, 8123 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 32492?

The main method of prime factorization is start dividing the number by the any divisible prime numbers until the only numbers left are prime numbers \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).

\(32492\div \color{red}{2} = 16246\)
\(16246\div \color{red}{2} = 8123\)
\(8123\div \color{red}{8123} = 1\)

Factorize\( (32492) = \) \(2\times 2\times 8123\)