Q: What are the prime factors of the number 10,242,675?

 A: 3, 5, 45523

Why are those the prime factors of the number 10,242,675?

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 10,242,675

10,242,675
Factor Arrows
33,414,225
Factor Arrows
31,138,075
Factor Arrows
5227,615
Factor Arrows
545,523

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:

3, 5, 45523

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 45,523 = 10,242,675

This can also be written as 32 x 52 x 45,5231 = 10,242,675

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


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