Q: What are the prime factors of the number 37,203,624?

 A: 2, 3, 57413

Why are those the prime factors of the number 37,203,624?

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 37,203,624

37,203,624
Factor Arrows
218,601,812
Factor Arrows
29,300,906
Factor Arrows
24,650,453
Factor Arrows
31,550,151
Factor Arrows
3516,717
Factor Arrows
3172,239
Factor Arrows
357,413

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, 57413

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 57,413 = 37,203,624

This can also be written as 23 x 34 x 57,4131 = 37,203,624

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


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