Q: What are the prime factors of the number 5,227,830?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 29, 2003

Why are those the prime factors of the number 5,227,830?

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 5,227,830

5,227,830
Factor Arrows
22,613,915
Factor Arrows
3871,305
Factor Arrows
3290,435
Factor Arrows
558,087
Factor Arrows
292,003

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, 29, 2003

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 29 x 2,003 = 5,227,830

This can also be written as 21 x 32 x 51 x 291 x 2,0031 = 5,227,830

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


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