Q: What are the prime factors of the number 185,052?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 2203

Why are those the prime factors of the number 185,052?

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 185,052

185,052
Factor Arrows
292,526
Factor Arrows
246,263
Factor Arrows
315,421
Factor Arrows
72,203

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, 3, 7, 2203

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 2,203 = 185,052

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 71 x 2,2031 = 185,052

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


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