Q: What are the prime factors of the number 6,717,568?

 A: 2, 11, 13, 367

Why are those the prime factors of the number 6,717,568?

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 6,717,568

6,717,568
Factor Arrows
23,358,784
Factor Arrows
21,679,392
Factor Arrows
2839,696
Factor Arrows
2419,848
Factor Arrows
2209,924
Factor Arrows
2104,962
Factor Arrows
252,481
Factor Arrows
114,771
Factor Arrows
13367

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, 11, 13, 367

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 11 x 13 x 367 = 6,717,568

This can also be written as 27 x 111 x 131 x 3671 = 6,717,568

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


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