Q: What are the prime factors of the number 35,752?

 A: 2, 41, 109

Why are those the prime factors of the number 35,752?

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 35,752

35,752
Factor Arrows
217,876
Factor Arrows
28,938
Factor Arrows
24,469
Factor Arrows
41109

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, 41, 109

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 41 x 109 = 35,752

This can also be written as 23 x 411 x 1091 = 35,752

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


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