Q: What are the prime factors of the number 71,513,728?

 A: 2, 11, 13, 3907

Why are those the prime factors of the number 71,513,728?

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 71,513,728

71,513,728
Factor Arrows
235,756,864
Factor Arrows
217,878,432
Factor Arrows
28,939,216
Factor Arrows
24,469,608
Factor Arrows
22,234,804
Factor Arrows
21,117,402
Factor Arrows
2558,701
Factor Arrows
1150,791
Factor Arrows
133,907

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, 3907

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 3,907 = 71,513,728

This can also be written as 27 x 111 x 131 x 3,9071 = 71,513,728

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


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