Q: What are the prime factors of the number 37,097,088?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 37, 373

Why are those the prime factors of the number 37,097,088?

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 37,097,088

37,097,088
Factor Arrows
218,548,544
Factor Arrows
29,274,272
Factor Arrows
24,637,136
Factor Arrows
22,318,568
Factor Arrows
21,159,284
Factor Arrows
2579,642
Factor Arrows
2289,821
Factor Arrows
396,607
Factor Arrows
713,801
Factor Arrows
37373

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, 3, 7, 37, 373

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 3 x 7 x 37 x 373 = 37,097,088

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 71 x 371 x 3731 = 37,097,088

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


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