Q: What are the prime factors of the number 34,764,928?

 A: 2, 11, 24691

Why are those the prime factors of the number 34,764,928?

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 34,764,928

34,764,928
Factor Arrows
217,382,464
Factor Arrows
28,691,232
Factor Arrows
24,345,616
Factor Arrows
22,172,808
Factor Arrows
21,086,404
Factor Arrows
2543,202
Factor Arrows
2271,601
Factor Arrows
1124,691

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, 11, 24691

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 11 x 24,691 = 34,764,928

This can also be written as 27 x 111 x 24,6911 = 34,764,928

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


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