Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,623,604?

 A: 2, 17, 83, 2591

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,623,604?

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 14,623,604

14,623,604
Factor Arrows
27,311,802
Factor Arrows
23,655,901
Factor Arrows
17215,053
Factor Arrows
832,591

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, 17, 83, 2591

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 17 x 83 x 2,591 = 14,623,604

This can also be written as 22 x 171 x 831 x 2,5911 = 14,623,604

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


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