Q: What are the prime factors of the number 35,368,263?

 A: 3, 7, 37, 15173

Why are those the prime factors of the number 35,368,263?

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 35,368,263

35,368,263
Factor Arrows
311,789,421
Factor Arrows
33,929,807
Factor Arrows
7561,401
Factor Arrows
3715,173

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:

3, 7, 37, 15173

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 7 x 37 x 15,173 = 35,368,263

This can also be written as 32 x 71 x 371 x 15,1731 = 35,368,263

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


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