Q: What are the prime factors of the number 16,574,464?

 A: 2, 8093

Why are those the prime factors of the number 16,574,464?

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 16,574,464

16,574,464
Factor Arrows
28,287,232
Factor Arrows
24,143,616
Factor Arrows
22,071,808
Factor Arrows
21,035,904
Factor Arrows
2517,952
Factor Arrows
2258,976
Factor Arrows
2129,488
Factor Arrows
264,744
Factor Arrows
232,372
Factor Arrows
216,186
Factor Arrows
28,093

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, 8093

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 2 x 2 x 8,093 = 16,574,464

This can also be written as 211 x 8,0931 = 16,574,464

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


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