Prime factors of 32552

The prime factors are: 2, 2, 2, 13, 313
Prime Factor Decomposition or Prime Factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to make the original number. 32552 divided by 2, 2, 2, 13, 313 gives no remainder. This means Prime number are numbers that can divide without remainder.

How to Calculate Prime Factorization of 32552?

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 \( (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, ...) \).

\(32552\div \color{red}{2} = 16276\)
\(16276\div \color{red}{2} = 8138\)
\(8138\div \color{red}{2} = 4069\)
\(4069\div \color{red}{13} = 313\)
\(313\div \color{red}{313} = 1\)

Factorize\( (32552) = \) \(2\times 2\times 2\times 13\times 313\)