Q: What are the prime factors of the number 32,770,048?

 A: 2, 16001

Why are those the prime factors of the number 32,770,048?

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 32,770,048

32,770,048
Factor Arrows
216,385,024
Factor Arrows
28,192,512
Factor Arrows
24,096,256
Factor Arrows
22,048,128
Factor Arrows
21,024,064
Factor Arrows
2512,032
Factor Arrows
2256,016
Factor Arrows
2128,008
Factor Arrows
264,004
Factor Arrows
232,002
Factor Arrows
216,001

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, 16001

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 2 x 2 x 16,001 = 32,770,048

This can also be written as 211 x 16,0011 = 32,770,048

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


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