Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,461,248?

 A: 2, 3, 109, 691

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,461,248?

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 14,461,248

14,461,248
Factor Arrows
27,230,624
Factor Arrows
23,615,312
Factor Arrows
21,807,656
Factor Arrows
2903,828
Factor Arrows
2451,914
Factor Arrows
2225,957
Factor Arrows
375,319
Factor Arrows
109691

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, 109, 691

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 3 x 109 x 691 = 14,461,248

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 1091 x 6911 = 14,461,248

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


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