Q: What are the prime factors of the number 34,636,416?

 A: 2, 3, 90199

Why are those the prime factors of the number 34,636,416?

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 34,636,416

34,636,416
Factor Arrows
217,318,208
Factor Arrows
28,659,104
Factor Arrows
24,329,552
Factor Arrows
22,164,776
Factor Arrows
21,082,388
Factor Arrows
2541,194
Factor Arrows
2270,597
Factor Arrows
390,199

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, 90199

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 3 x 90,199 = 34,636,416

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 90,1991 = 34,636,416

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


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