Q: What are the prime factors of the number 444,206,032?

 A: 2, 27762877

Why are those the prime factors of the number 444,206,032?

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 444,206,032

444,206,032
Factor Arrows
2222,103,016
Factor Arrows
2111,051,508
Factor Arrows
255,525,754
Factor Arrows
227,762,877

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, 27762877

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 27,762,877 = 444,206,032

This can also be written as 24 x 27,762,8771 = 444,206,032

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


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