Q: What are the prime factors of the number 22,031,104?

 A: 2, 41, 2099

Why are those the prime factors of the number 22,031,104?

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 22,031,104

22,031,104
Factor Arrows
211,015,552
Factor Arrows
25,507,776
Factor Arrows
22,753,888
Factor Arrows
21,376,944
Factor Arrows
2688,472
Factor Arrows
2344,236
Factor Arrows
2172,118
Factor Arrows
286,059
Factor Arrows
412,099

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, 41, 2099

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 2 x 41 x 2,099 = 22,031,104

This can also be written as 28 x 411 x 2,0991 = 22,031,104

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


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