Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,389,600?

 A: 2, 5, 17987

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,389,600?

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 14,389,600

14,389,600
Factor Arrows
27,194,800
Factor Arrows
23,597,400
Factor Arrows
21,798,700
Factor Arrows
2899,350
Factor Arrows
2449,675
Factor Arrows
589,935
Factor Arrows
517,987

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, 5, 17987

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 17,987 = 14,389,600

This can also be written as 25 x 52 x 17,9871 = 14,389,600

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


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