Q: What are the prime factors of the number 27,526,016?

 A: 2, 7, 31, 991

Why are those the prime factors of the number 27,526,016?

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 27,526,016

27,526,016
Factor Arrows
213,763,008
Factor Arrows
26,881,504
Factor Arrows
23,440,752
Factor Arrows
21,720,376
Factor Arrows
2860,188
Factor Arrows
2430,094
Factor Arrows
2215,047
Factor Arrows
730,721
Factor Arrows
31991

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, 7, 31, 991

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 31 x 991 = 27,526,016

This can also be written as 27 x 71 x 311 x 9911 = 27,526,016

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


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