Q: What are the prime factors of the number 52,183,737?

 A: 3, 1932731

Why are those the prime factors of the number 52,183,737?

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 52,183,737

52,183,737
Factor Arrows
317,394,579
Factor Arrows
35,798,193
Factor Arrows
31,932,731

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:

3, 1932731

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 1,932,731 = 52,183,737

This can also be written as 33 x 1,932,7311 = 52,183,737

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


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