Q: What are the prime factors of the number 3,144,218?

 A: 2, 7, 11, 17, 1201

Why are those the prime factors of the number 3,144,218?

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 3,144,218

3,144,218
Factor Arrows
21,572,109
Factor Arrows
7224,587
Factor Arrows
1120,417
Factor Arrows
171,201

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, 7, 11, 17, 1201

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 11 x 17 x 1,201 = 3,144,218

This can also be written as 21 x 71 x 111 x 171 x 1,2011 = 3,144,218

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


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