Q: What are the prime factors of the number 96,384,512?

 A: 2, 7, 26893

Why are those the prime factors of the number 96,384,512?

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 96,384,512

96,384,512
Factor Arrows
248,192,256
Factor Arrows
224,096,128
Factor Arrows
212,048,064
Factor Arrows
26,024,032
Factor Arrows
23,012,016
Factor Arrows
21,506,008
Factor Arrows
2753,004
Factor Arrows
2376,502
Factor Arrows
2188,251
Factor Arrows
726,893

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, 26893

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 26,893 = 96,384,512

This can also be written as 29 x 71 x 26,8931 = 96,384,512

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


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