Q: What are the prime factors of the number 2,476,602?

 A: 2, 3, 45863

Why are those the prime factors of the number 2,476,602?

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 2,476,602

2,476,602
Factor Arrows
21,238,301
Factor Arrows
3412,767
Factor Arrows
3137,589
Factor Arrows
345,863

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, 3, 45863

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 45,863 = 2,476,602

This can also be written as 21 x 33 x 45,8631 = 2,476,602

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


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