Q: What are the prime factors of the number 92,512?

 A: 2, 7, 59

Why are those the prime factors of the number 92,512?

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 92,512

92,512
Factor Arrows
246,256
Factor Arrows
223,128
Factor Arrows
211,564
Factor Arrows
25,782
Factor Arrows
22,891
Factor Arrows
7413
Factor Arrows
759

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, 7, 59

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 59 = 92,512

This can also be written as 25 x 72 x 591 = 92,512

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


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