Q: What are the prime factors of the number 3,613,640?

 A: 2, 5, 61, 1481

Why are those the prime factors of the number 3,613,640?

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 3,613,640

3,613,640
Factor Arrows
21,806,820
Factor Arrows
2903,410
Factor Arrows
2451,705
Factor Arrows
590,341
Factor Arrows
611,481

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, 61, 1481

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 61 x 1,481 = 3,613,640

This can also be written as 23 x 51 x 611 x 1,4811 = 3,613,640

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


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