Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,071,062?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 5479

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,071,062?

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 2,071,062

2,071,062
Factor Arrows
21,035,531
Factor Arrows
3345,177
Factor Arrows
3115,059
Factor Arrows
338,353
Factor Arrows
75,479

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, 3, 7, 5479

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 5,479 = 2,071,062

This can also be written as 21 x 33 x 71 x 5,4791 = 2,071,062

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


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