Q: What are the prime factors of the number 33,613,952?

 A: 2, 59, 4451

Why are those the prime factors of the number 33,613,952?

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 33,613,952

33,613,952
Factor Arrows
216,806,976
Factor Arrows
28,403,488
Factor Arrows
24,201,744
Factor Arrows
22,100,872
Factor Arrows
21,050,436
Factor Arrows
2525,218
Factor Arrows
2262,609
Factor Arrows
594,451

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, 4451

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 59 x 4,451 = 33,613,952

This can also be written as 27 x 591 x 4,4511 = 33,613,952

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


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