Q: What are the prime factors of the number 56,432,156?

 A: 2, 11, 23, 55763

Why are those the prime factors of the number 56,432,156?

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 56,432,156

56,432,156
Factor Arrows
228,216,078
Factor Arrows
214,108,039
Factor Arrows
111,282,549
Factor Arrows
2355,763

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, 11, 23, 55763

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 11 x 23 x 55,763 = 56,432,156

This can also be written as 22 x 111 x 231 x 55,7631 = 56,432,156

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


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