Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,280,576?

 A: 2, 3, 37189

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,280,576?

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 14,280,576

14,280,576
Factor Arrows
27,140,288
Factor Arrows
23,570,144
Factor Arrows
21,785,072
Factor Arrows
2892,536
Factor Arrows
2446,268
Factor Arrows
2223,134
Factor Arrows
2111,567
Factor Arrows
337,189

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, 37189

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 3 x 37,189 = 14,280,576

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 37,1891 = 14,280,576

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


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