Q: What are the prime factors of the number 29,270,528?

 A: 2, 7, 8167

Why are those the prime factors of the number 29,270,528?

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 29,270,528

29,270,528
Factor Arrows
214,635,264
Factor Arrows
27,317,632
Factor Arrows
23,658,816
Factor Arrows
21,829,408
Factor Arrows
2914,704
Factor Arrows
2457,352
Factor Arrows
2228,676
Factor Arrows
2114,338
Factor Arrows
257,169
Factor Arrows
78,167

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, 8167

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 2 x 2 x 7 x 8,167 = 29,270,528

This can also be written as 29 x 71 x 8,1671 = 29,270,528

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


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