Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,443,407?

 A: 3, 11, 4421

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,443,407?

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 14,443,407

14,443,407
Factor Arrows
34,814,469
Factor Arrows
31,604,823
Factor Arrows
3534,941
Factor Arrows
1148,631
Factor Arrows
114,421

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:

3, 11, 4421

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 11 x 11 x 4,421 = 14,443,407

This can also be written as 33 x 112 x 4,4211 = 14,443,407

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


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