Q: What are the prime factors of the number 10,024,224?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 2131

Why are those the prime factors of the number 10,024,224?

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 10,024,224

10,024,224
Factor Arrows
25,012,112
Factor Arrows
22,506,056
Factor Arrows
21,253,028
Factor Arrows
2626,514
Factor Arrows
2313,257
Factor Arrows
3104,419
Factor Arrows
714,917
Factor Arrows
72,131

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, 7, 2131

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 7 x 2,131 = 10,024,224

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 72 x 2,1311 = 10,024,224

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


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