Q: What are the prime factors of the number 91,495,332?

 A: 2, 3, 10459

Why are those the prime factors of the number 91,495,332?

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 91,495,332

91,495,332
Factor Arrows
245,747,666
Factor Arrows
222,873,833
Factor Arrows
37,624,611
Factor Arrows
32,541,537
Factor Arrows
3847,179
Factor Arrows
3282,393
Factor Arrows
394,131
Factor Arrows
331,377
Factor Arrows
310,459

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, 10459

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 10,459 = 91,495,332

This can also be written as 22 x 37 x 10,4591 = 91,495,332

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


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