Q: What are the prime factors of the number 12,511,536?

 A: 2, 3, 277, 941

Why are those the prime factors of the number 12,511,536?

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 12,511,536

12,511,536
Factor Arrows
26,255,768
Factor Arrows
23,127,884
Factor Arrows
21,563,942
Factor Arrows
2781,971
Factor Arrows
3260,657
Factor Arrows
277941

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, 277, 941

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 277 x 941 = 12,511,536

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 2771 x 9411 = 12,511,536

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


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