Q: What are the prime factors of the number 7,730,240?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 17, 29

Why are those the prime factors of the number 7,730,240?

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 7,730,240

7,730,240
Factor Arrows
23,865,120
Factor Arrows
21,932,560
Factor Arrows
2966,280
Factor Arrows
2483,140
Factor Arrows
2241,570
Factor Arrows
2120,785
Factor Arrows
524,157
Factor Arrows
73,451
Factor Arrows
7493
Factor Arrows
1729

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, 5, 7, 17, 29

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 5 x 7 x 7 x 17 x 29 = 7,730,240

This can also be written as 26 x 51 x 72 x 171 x 291 = 7,730,240

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


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