Q: What are the prime factors of the number 1,622,528?

 A: 2, 3169

Why are those the prime factors of the number 1,622,528?

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 1,622,528

1,622,528
Factor Arrows
2811,264
Factor Arrows
2405,632
Factor Arrows
2202,816
Factor Arrows
2101,408
Factor Arrows
250,704
Factor Arrows
225,352
Factor Arrows
212,676
Factor Arrows
26,338
Factor Arrows
23,169

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, 3169

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 3,169 = 1,622,528

This can also be written as 29 x 3,1691 = 1,622,528

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


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