Q: What are the prime factors of the number 30,284,352?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 29, 37

Why are those the prime factors of the number 30,284,352?

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 30,284,352

30,284,352
Factor Arrows
215,142,176
Factor Arrows
27,571,088
Factor Arrows
23,785,544
Factor Arrows
21,892,772
Factor Arrows
2946,386
Factor Arrows
2473,193
Factor Arrows
3157,731
Factor Arrows
352,577
Factor Arrows
77,511
Factor Arrows
71,073
Factor Arrows
2937

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, 7, 29, 37

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 7 x 7 x 29 x 37 = 30,284,352

This can also be written as 26 x 32 x 72 x 291 x 371 = 30,284,352

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


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