Q: What are the prime factors of the number 11,414,016?

 A: 2, 3, 2477

Why are those the prime factors of the number 11,414,016?

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 11,414,016

11,414,016
Factor Arrows
25,707,008
Factor Arrows
22,853,504
Factor Arrows
21,426,752
Factor Arrows
2713,376
Factor Arrows
2356,688
Factor Arrows
2178,344
Factor Arrows
289,172
Factor Arrows
244,586
Factor Arrows
222,293
Factor Arrows
37,431
Factor Arrows
32,477

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, 2477

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 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 2,477 = 11,414,016

This can also be written as 29 x 32 x 2,4771 = 11,414,016

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


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