Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,475,680?

 A: 2, 5, 90473

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,475,680?

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 14,475,680

14,475,680
Factor Arrows
27,237,840
Factor Arrows
23,618,920
Factor Arrows
21,809,460
Factor Arrows
2904,730
Factor Arrows
2452,365
Factor Arrows
590,473

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, 90473

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 90,473 = 14,475,680

This can also be written as 25 x 51 x 90,4731 = 14,475,680

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


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