Q: What are the prime factors of the number 25,053,792?

 A: 2, 3, 499, 523

Why are those the prime factors of the number 25,053,792?

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 25,053,792

25,053,792
Factor Arrows
212,526,896
Factor Arrows
26,263,448
Factor Arrows
23,131,724
Factor Arrows
21,565,862
Factor Arrows
2782,931
Factor Arrows
3260,977
Factor Arrows
499523

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, 499, 523

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 499 x 523 = 25,053,792

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 4991 x 5231 = 25,053,792

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


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