Q: What are the prime factors of the number 20,741,312?

 A: 2, 19, 37, 461

Why are those the prime factors of the number 20,741,312?

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 20,741,312

20,741,312
Factor Arrows
210,370,656
Factor Arrows
25,185,328
Factor Arrows
22,592,664
Factor Arrows
21,296,332
Factor Arrows
2648,166
Factor Arrows
2324,083
Factor Arrows
1917,057
Factor Arrows
37461

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, 19, 37, 461

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 19 x 37 x 461 = 20,741,312

This can also be written as 26 x 191 x 371 x 4611 = 20,741,312

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


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