Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,021,440?

 A: 2, 5, 6317

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,021,440?

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 2,021,440

2,021,440
Factor Arrows
21,010,720
Factor Arrows
2505,360
Factor Arrows
2252,680
Factor Arrows
2126,340
Factor Arrows
263,170
Factor Arrows
231,585
Factor Arrows
56,317

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, 6317

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 5 x 6,317 = 2,021,440

This can also be written as 26 x 51 x 6,3171 = 2,021,440

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


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