Q: What are the prime factors of the number 26,610,528?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 5657

Why are those the prime factors of the number 26,610,528?

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 26,610,528

26,610,528
Factor Arrows
213,305,264
Factor Arrows
26,652,632
Factor Arrows
23,326,316
Factor Arrows
21,663,158
Factor Arrows
2831,579
Factor Arrows
3277,193
Factor Arrows
739,599
Factor Arrows
75,657

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, 7, 5657

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 7 x 5,657 = 26,610,528

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 72 x 5,6571 = 26,610,528

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


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