Q: What are the prime factors of the number 20,782,464?

 A: 2, 3, 54121

Why are those the prime factors of the number 20,782,464?

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 20,782,464

20,782,464
Factor Arrows
210,391,232
Factor Arrows
25,195,616
Factor Arrows
22,597,808
Factor Arrows
21,298,904
Factor Arrows
2649,452
Factor Arrows
2324,726
Factor Arrows
2162,363
Factor Arrows
354,121

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, 54121

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 3 x 54,121 = 20,782,464

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 54,1211 = 20,782,464

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


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