Q: What are the prime factors of the number 57,034,316?

 A: 2, 37, 73, 5279

Why are those the prime factors of the number 57,034,316?

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 57,034,316

57,034,316
Factor Arrows
228,517,158
Factor Arrows
214,258,579
Factor Arrows
37385,367
Factor Arrows
735,279

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, 37, 73, 5279

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 37 x 73 x 5,279 = 57,034,316

This can also be written as 22 x 371 x 731 x 5,2791 = 57,034,316

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


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