Q: What are the prime factors of the number 23,210,112?

 A: 2, 3, 60443

Why are those the prime factors of the number 23,210,112?

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 23,210,112

23,210,112
Factor Arrows
211,605,056
Factor Arrows
25,802,528
Factor Arrows
22,901,264
Factor Arrows
21,450,632
Factor Arrows
2725,316
Factor Arrows
2362,658
Factor Arrows
2181,329
Factor Arrows
360,443

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, 60443

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 60,443 = 23,210,112

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 60,4431 = 23,210,112

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


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