Q: What are the prime factors of the number 3,065,024?

 A: 2, 83, 577

Why are those the prime factors of the number 3,065,024?

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 3,065,024

3,065,024
Factor Arrows
21,532,512
Factor Arrows
2766,256
Factor Arrows
2383,128
Factor Arrows
2191,564
Factor Arrows
295,782
Factor Arrows
247,891
Factor Arrows
83577

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, 83, 577

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 83 x 577 = 3,065,024

This can also be written as 26 x 831 x 5771 = 3,065,024

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


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