Q: What are the prime factors of the number 173,332,052?

 A: 2, 47, 347, 2657

Why are those the prime factors of the number 173,332,052?

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 173,332,052

173,332,052
Factor Arrows
286,666,026
Factor Arrows
243,333,013
Factor Arrows
47921,979
Factor Arrows
3472,657

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, 47, 347, 2657

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 47 x 347 x 2,657 = 173,332,052

This can also be written as 22 x 471 x 3471 x 2,6571 = 173,332,052

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


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