Q: What are the prime factors of the number 37,367,680?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 19, 439

Why are those the prime factors of the number 37,367,680?

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 37,367,680

37,367,680
Factor Arrows
218,683,840
Factor Arrows
29,341,920
Factor Arrows
24,670,960
Factor Arrows
22,335,480
Factor Arrows
21,167,740
Factor Arrows
2583,870
Factor Arrows
2291,935
Factor Arrows
558,387
Factor Arrows
78,341
Factor Arrows
19439

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, 5, 7, 19, 439

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 5 x 7 x 19 x 439 = 37,367,680

This can also be written as 27 x 51 x 71 x 191 x 4391 = 37,367,680

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


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