Q: What are the prime factors of the number 23,690,368?

 A: 2, 13, 23, 619

Why are those the prime factors of the number 23,690,368?

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 23,690,368

23,690,368
Factor Arrows
211,845,184
Factor Arrows
25,922,592
Factor Arrows
22,961,296
Factor Arrows
21,480,648
Factor Arrows
2740,324
Factor Arrows
2370,162
Factor Arrows
2185,081
Factor Arrows
1314,237
Factor Arrows
23619

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, 13, 23, 619

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 13 x 23 x 619 = 23,690,368

This can also be written as 27 x 131 x 231 x 6191 = 23,690,368

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


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