Q: What are the prime factors of the number 9,341,312?

 A: 2, 19, 23, 167

Why are those the prime factors of the number 9,341,312?

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 9,341,312

9,341,312
Factor Arrows
24,670,656
Factor Arrows
22,335,328
Factor Arrows
21,167,664
Factor Arrows
2583,832
Factor Arrows
2291,916
Factor Arrows
2145,958
Factor Arrows
272,979
Factor Arrows
193,841
Factor Arrows
23167

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, 19, 23, 167

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 19 x 23 x 167 = 9,341,312

This can also be written as 27 x 191 x 231 x 1671 = 9,341,312

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


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