Q: What are the prime factors of the number 92,650,284?

 A: 2, 3, 857873

Why are those the prime factors of the number 92,650,284?

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 92,650,284

92,650,284
Factor Arrows
246,325,142
Factor Arrows
223,162,571
Factor Arrows
37,720,857
Factor Arrows
32,573,619
Factor Arrows
3857,873

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, 857873

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 857,873 = 92,650,284

This can also be written as 22 x 33 x 857,8731 = 92,650,284

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


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