Q: What are the prime factors of the number 28,705,280?

 A: 2, 5, 11213

Why are those the prime factors of the number 28,705,280?

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 28,705,280

28,705,280
Factor Arrows
214,352,640
Factor Arrows
27,176,320
Factor Arrows
23,588,160
Factor Arrows
21,794,080
Factor Arrows
2897,040
Factor Arrows
2448,520
Factor Arrows
2224,260
Factor Arrows
2112,130
Factor Arrows
256,065
Factor Arrows
511,213

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, 5, 11213

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 5 x 11,213 = 28,705,280

This can also be written as 29 x 51 x 11,2131 = 28,705,280

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


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