Q: What are the prime factors of the number 10,015,643?

 A: 11, 29, 31397

Why are those the prime factors of the number 10,015,643?

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 10,015,643

10,015,643
Factor Arrows
11910,513
Factor Arrows
2931,397

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:

11, 29, 31397

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 11 x 29 x 31,397 = 10,015,643

This can also be written as 111 x 291 x 31,3971 = 10,015,643

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


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