Q: What are the prime factors of the number 17,065,600?

 A: 2, 5, 5333

Why are those the prime factors of the number 17,065,600?

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 17,065,600

17,065,600
Factor Arrows
28,532,800
Factor Arrows
24,266,400
Factor Arrows
22,133,200
Factor Arrows
21,066,600
Factor Arrows
2533,300
Factor Arrows
2266,650
Factor Arrows
2133,325
Factor Arrows
526,665
Factor Arrows
55,333

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, 5, 5333

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 5 x 5 x 5,333 = 17,065,600

This can also be written as 27 x 52 x 5,3331 = 17,065,600

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


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