Q: What are the prime factors of the number 36,217,287?

 A: 3, 19, 101, 233

Why are those the prime factors of the number 36,217,287?

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 36,217,287

36,217,287
Factor Arrows
312,072,429
Factor Arrows
34,024,143
Factor Arrows
31,341,381
Factor Arrows
3447,127
Factor Arrows
1923,533
Factor Arrows
101233

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, 19, 101, 233

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 19 x 101 x 233 = 36,217,287

This can also be written as 34 x 191 x 1011 x 2331 = 36,217,287

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


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