Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,431,008?

 A: 2, 3, 150323

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,431,008?

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 14,431,008

14,431,008
Factor Arrows
27,215,504
Factor Arrows
23,607,752
Factor Arrows
21,803,876
Factor Arrows
2901,938
Factor Arrows
2450,969
Factor Arrows
3150,323

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, 150323

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 150,323 = 14,431,008

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 150,3231 = 14,431,008

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


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