Q: What are the prime factors of the number 51,604,672?

 A: 2, 7, 127, 907

Why are those the prime factors of the number 51,604,672?

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 51,604,672

51,604,672
Factor Arrows
225,802,336
Factor Arrows
212,901,168
Factor Arrows
26,450,584
Factor Arrows
23,225,292
Factor Arrows
21,612,646
Factor Arrows
2806,323
Factor Arrows
7115,189
Factor Arrows
127907

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, 7, 127, 907

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 7 x 127 x 907 = 51,604,672

This can also be written as 26 x 71 x 1271 x 9071 = 51,604,672

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


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