Q: What are the prime factors of the number 46,200?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11

Why are those the prime factors of the number 46,200?

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 46,200

46,200
Factor Arrows
223,100
Factor Arrows
211,550
Factor Arrows
25,775
Factor Arrows
31,925
Factor Arrows
5385
Factor Arrows
577
Factor Arrows
711

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, 5, 7, 11

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 11 = 46,200

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 52 x 71 x 111 = 46,200

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


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