Q: What are the prime factors of the number 33,864?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 83

Why are those the prime factors of the number 33,864?

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 33,864

33,864
Factor Arrows
216,932
Factor Arrows
28,466
Factor Arrows
24,233
Factor Arrows
31,411
Factor Arrows
1783

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, 17, 83

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 17 x 83 = 33,864

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 171 x 831 = 33,864

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


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