Q: What are the prime factors of the number 29,351,232?

 A: 2, 3, 50957

Why are those the prime factors of the number 29,351,232?

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 29,351,232

29,351,232
Factor Arrows
214,675,616
Factor Arrows
27,337,808
Factor Arrows
23,668,904
Factor Arrows
21,834,452
Factor Arrows
2917,226
Factor Arrows
2458,613
Factor Arrows
3152,871
Factor Arrows
350,957

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, 50957

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 3 x 3 x 50,957 = 29,351,232

This can also be written as 26 x 32 x 50,9571 = 29,351,232

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


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