Q: What are the prime factors of the number 50,460,832?

 A: 2, 41, 38461

Why are those the prime factors of the number 50,460,832?

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 50,460,832

50,460,832
Factor Arrows
225,230,416
Factor Arrows
212,615,208
Factor Arrows
26,307,604
Factor Arrows
23,153,802
Factor Arrows
21,576,901
Factor Arrows
4138,461

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, 41, 38461

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 41 x 38,461 = 50,460,832

This can also be written as 25 x 411 x 38,4611 = 50,460,832

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


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