Q: What are the prime factors of the number 18,704,819?

 A: 7, 23, 2371

Why are those the prime factors of the number 18,704,819?

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 18,704,819

18,704,819
Factor Arrows
72,672,117
Factor Arrows
7381,731
Factor Arrows
754,533
Factor Arrows
232,371

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:

7, 23, 2371

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 7 x 7 x 7 x 23 x 2,371 = 18,704,819

This can also be written as 73 x 231 x 2,3711 = 18,704,819

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


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