Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,550,528?

 A: 2, 3, 9473

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,550,528?

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 14,550,528

14,550,528
Factor Arrows
27,275,264
Factor Arrows
23,637,632
Factor Arrows
21,818,816
Factor Arrows
2909,408
Factor Arrows
2454,704
Factor Arrows
2227,352
Factor Arrows
2113,676
Factor Arrows
256,838
Factor Arrows
228,419
Factor Arrows
39,473

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, 3, 9473

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 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 9,473 = 14,550,528

This can also be written as 29 x 31 x 9,4731 = 14,550,528

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


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