Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,264,576?

 A: 2, 4423

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,264,576?

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 2,264,576

2,264,576
Factor Arrows
21,132,288
Factor Arrows
2566,144
Factor Arrows
2283,072
Factor Arrows
2141,536
Factor Arrows
270,768
Factor Arrows
235,384
Factor Arrows
217,692
Factor Arrows
28,846
Factor Arrows
24,423

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, 4423

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 2 x 4,423 = 2,264,576

This can also be written as 29 x 4,4231 = 2,264,576

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


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