Q: What are the prime factors of the number 10,359,680?

 A: 2, 5, 16187

Why are those the prime factors of the number 10,359,680?

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 10,359,680

10,359,680
Factor Arrows
25,179,840
Factor Arrows
22,589,920
Factor Arrows
21,294,960
Factor Arrows
2647,480
Factor Arrows
2323,740
Factor Arrows
2161,870
Factor Arrows
280,935
Factor Arrows
516,187

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, 5, 16187

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 16,187 = 10,359,680

This can also be written as 27 x 51 x 16,1871 = 10,359,680

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


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