Q: What are the prime factors of the number 53,502,232?

 A: 2, 7, 23, 41539

Why are those the prime factors of the number 53,502,232?

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 53,502,232

53,502,232
Factor Arrows
226,751,116
Factor Arrows
213,375,558
Factor Arrows
26,687,779
Factor Arrows
7955,397
Factor Arrows
2341,539

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, 23, 41539

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 23 x 41,539 = 53,502,232

This can also be written as 23 x 71 x 231 x 41,5391 = 53,502,232

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


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