Q: What are the prime factors of the number 8,075,952?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 3299

Why are those the prime factors of the number 8,075,952?

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 8,075,952

8,075,952
Factor Arrows
24,037,976
Factor Arrows
22,018,988
Factor Arrows
21,009,494
Factor Arrows
2504,747
Factor Arrows
3168,249
Factor Arrows
356,083
Factor Arrows
173,299

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, 17, 3299

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 17 x 3,299 = 8,075,952

This can also be written as 24 x 32 x 171 x 3,2991 = 8,075,952

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


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