Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,125,440?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 41

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,125,440?

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 2,125,440

2,125,440
Factor Arrows
21,062,720
Factor Arrows
2531,360
Factor Arrows
2265,680
Factor Arrows
2132,840
Factor Arrows
266,420
Factor Arrows
233,210
Factor Arrows
216,605
Factor Arrows
35,535
Factor Arrows
31,845
Factor Arrows
3615
Factor Arrows
3205
Factor Arrows
541

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, 5, 41

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 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 41 = 2,125,440

This can also be written as 27 x 34 x 51 x 411 = 2,125,440

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


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