Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,488,875?

 A: 3, 5, 53

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,488,875?

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 14,488,875

14,488,875
Factor Arrows
34,829,625
Factor Arrows
31,609,875
Factor Arrows
3536,625
Factor Arrows
3178,875
Factor Arrows
359,625
Factor Arrows
319,875
Factor Arrows
36,625
Factor Arrows
51,325
Factor Arrows
5265
Factor Arrows
553

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, 5, 53

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 53 = 14,488,875

This can also be written as 37 x 53 x 531 = 14,488,875

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


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