Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,787,328?

 A: 2, 1361

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,787,328?

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 2,787,328

2,787,328
Factor Arrows
21,393,664
Factor Arrows
2696,832
Factor Arrows
2348,416
Factor Arrows
2174,208
Factor Arrows
287,104
Factor Arrows
243,552
Factor Arrows
221,776
Factor Arrows
210,888
Factor Arrows
25,444
Factor Arrows
22,722
Factor Arrows
21,361

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, 1361

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 2 x 2 x 1,361 = 2,787,328

This can also be written as 211 x 1,3611 = 2,787,328

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


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