Q: What are the prime factors of the number 56,528?

 A: 2, 3533

Why are those the prime factors of the number 56,528?

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 56,528

56,528
Factor Arrows
228,264
Factor Arrows
214,132
Factor Arrows
27,066
Factor Arrows
23,533

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, 3533

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3,533 = 56,528

This can also be written as 24 x 3,5331 = 56,528

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


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