Q: What are the prime factors of the number 73,526,625?

 A: 3, 5, 65357

Why are those the prime factors of the number 73,526,625?

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 73,526,625

73,526,625
Factor Arrows
324,508,875
Factor Arrows
38,169,625
Factor Arrows
51,633,925
Factor Arrows
5326,785
Factor Arrows
565,357

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, 5, 65357

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 65,357 = 73,526,625

This can also be written as 32 x 53 x 65,3571 = 73,526,625

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


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