Q: What are the prime factors of the number 30,272,192?

 A: 2, 59, 8017

Why are those the prime factors of the number 30,272,192?

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 30,272,192

30,272,192
Factor Arrows
215,136,096
Factor Arrows
27,568,048
Factor Arrows
23,784,024
Factor Arrows
21,892,012
Factor Arrows
2946,006
Factor Arrows
2473,003
Factor Arrows
598,017

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, 59, 8017

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 59 x 8,017 = 30,272,192

This can also be written as 26 x 591 x 8,0171 = 30,272,192

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


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