Q: What are the prime factors of the number 3,210,752?

 A: 2, 6271

Why are those the prime factors of the number 3,210,752?

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 3,210,752

3,210,752
Factor Arrows
21,605,376
Factor Arrows
2802,688
Factor Arrows
2401,344
Factor Arrows
2200,672
Factor Arrows
2100,336
Factor Arrows
250,168
Factor Arrows
225,084
Factor Arrows
212,542
Factor Arrows
26,271

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, 6271

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 6,271 = 3,210,752

This can also be written as 29 x 6,2711 = 3,210,752

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


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