Q: What are the prime factors of the number 50,335,200?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 6991

Why are those the prime factors of the number 50,335,200?

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 50,335,200

50,335,200
Factor Arrows
225,167,600
Factor Arrows
212,583,800
Factor Arrows
26,291,900
Factor Arrows
23,145,950
Factor Arrows
21,572,975
Factor Arrows
3524,325
Factor Arrows
3174,775
Factor Arrows
534,955
Factor Arrows
56,991

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, 5, 6991

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 6,991 = 50,335,200

This can also be written as 25 x 32 x 52 x 6,9911 = 50,335,200

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


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