Q: What are the prime factors of the number 13,713,588?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 54419

Why are those the prime factors of the number 13,713,588?

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 13,713,588

13,713,588
Factor Arrows
26,856,794
Factor Arrows
23,428,397
Factor Arrows
31,142,799
Factor Arrows
3380,933
Factor Arrows
754,419

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, 7, 54419

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 54,419 = 13,713,588

This can also be written as 22 x 32 x 71 x 54,4191 = 13,713,588

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


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