Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,013,000?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 173

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,013,000?

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 14,013,000

14,013,000
Factor Arrows
27,006,500
Factor Arrows
23,503,250
Factor Arrows
21,751,625
Factor Arrows
3583,875
Factor Arrows
3194,625
Factor Arrows
364,875
Factor Arrows
321,625
Factor Arrows
54,325
Factor Arrows
5865
Factor Arrows
5173

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, 5, 173

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 173 = 14,013,000

This can also be written as 23 x 34 x 53 x 1731 = 14,013,000

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


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