Q: What are the prime factors of the number 14,752,800?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 683

Why are those the prime factors of the number 14,752,800?

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 14,752,800

14,752,800
Factor Arrows
27,376,400
Factor Arrows
23,688,200
Factor Arrows
21,844,100
Factor Arrows
2922,050
Factor Arrows
2461,025
Factor Arrows
3153,675
Factor Arrows
351,225
Factor Arrows
317,075
Factor Arrows
53,415
Factor Arrows
5683

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, 5, 683

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 683 = 14,752,800

This can also be written as 25 x 33 x 52 x 6831 = 14,752,800

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


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