Q: What are the prime factors of the number 33,583,329?

 A: 3, 13, 10631

Why are those the prime factors of the number 33,583,329?

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 33,583,329

33,583,329
Factor Arrows
311,194,443
Factor Arrows
33,731,481
Factor Arrows
31,243,827
Factor Arrows
3414,609
Factor Arrows
3138,203
Factor Arrows
1310,631

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:

3, 13, 10631

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 10,631 = 33,583,329

This can also be written as 35 x 131 x 10,6311 = 33,583,329

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


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