Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,820,480?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 13, 113

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,820,480?

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 2,820,480

2,820,480
Factor Arrows
21,410,240
Factor Arrows
2705,120
Factor Arrows
2352,560
Factor Arrows
2176,280
Factor Arrows
288,140
Factor Arrows
244,070
Factor Arrows
222,035
Factor Arrows
37,345
Factor Arrows
51,469
Factor Arrows
13113

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, 5, 13, 113

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 5 x 13 x 113 = 2,820,480

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 51 x 131 x 1131 = 2,820,480

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


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