Q: What are the prime factors of the number 11,710,720?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 1307

Why are those the prime factors of the number 11,710,720?

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 11,710,720

11,710,720
Factor Arrows
25,855,360
Factor Arrows
22,927,680
Factor Arrows
21,463,840
Factor Arrows
2731,920
Factor Arrows
2365,960
Factor Arrows
2182,980
Factor Arrows
291,490
Factor Arrows
245,745
Factor Arrows
59,149
Factor Arrows
71,307

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, 7, 1307

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 5 x 7 x 1,307 = 11,710,720

This can also be written as 28 x 51 x 71 x 1,3071 = 11,710,720

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


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