Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,105,344?

 A: 2, 11, 5009

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,105,344?

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 14,105,344

14,105,344
Factor Arrows
27,052,672
Factor Arrows
23,526,336
Factor Arrows
21,763,168
Factor Arrows
2881,584
Factor Arrows
2440,792
Factor Arrows
2220,396
Factor Arrows
2110,198
Factor Arrows
255,099
Factor Arrows
115,009

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, 11, 5009

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 11 x 5,009 = 14,105,344

This can also be written as 28 x 111 x 5,0091 = 14,105,344

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


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