Q: What are the prime factors of the number 22,874,624?

 A: 2, 43, 1039

Why are those the prime factors of the number 22,874,624?

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 22,874,624

22,874,624
Factor Arrows
211,437,312
Factor Arrows
25,718,656
Factor Arrows
22,859,328
Factor Arrows
21,429,664
Factor Arrows
2714,832
Factor Arrows
2357,416
Factor Arrows
2178,708
Factor Arrows
289,354
Factor Arrows
244,677
Factor Arrows
431,039

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, 43, 1039

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 43 x 1,039 = 22,874,624

This can also be written as 29 x 431 x 1,0391 = 22,874,624

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


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