Q: What are the prime factors of the number 35,162,240?

 A: 2, 5, 54941

Why are those the prime factors of the number 35,162,240?

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 35,162,240

35,162,240
Factor Arrows
217,581,120
Factor Arrows
28,790,560
Factor Arrows
24,395,280
Factor Arrows
22,197,640
Factor Arrows
21,098,820
Factor Arrows
2549,410
Factor Arrows
2274,705
Factor Arrows
554,941

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, 5, 54941

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 5 x 54,941 = 35,162,240

This can also be written as 27 x 51 x 54,9411 = 35,162,240

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


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