Q: What are the prime factors of the number 24,540,288?

 A: 2, 3, 63907

Why are those the prime factors of the number 24,540,288?

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 24,540,288

24,540,288
Factor Arrows
212,270,144
Factor Arrows
26,135,072
Factor Arrows
23,067,536
Factor Arrows
21,533,768
Factor Arrows
2766,884
Factor Arrows
2383,442
Factor Arrows
2191,721
Factor Arrows
363,907

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, 63907

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 63,907 = 24,540,288

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 63,9071 = 24,540,288

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


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