Q: What are the prime factors of the number 44,042,384?

 A: 2, 47, 58567

Why are those the prime factors of the number 44,042,384?

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 44,042,384

44,042,384
Factor Arrows
222,021,192
Factor Arrows
211,010,596
Factor Arrows
25,505,298
Factor Arrows
22,752,649
Factor Arrows
4758,567

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, 47, 58567

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 47 x 58,567 = 44,042,384

This can also be written as 24 x 471 x 58,5671 = 44,042,384

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


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