Q: What are the prime factors of the number 444,215,360?

 A: 2, 5, 67, 20719

Why are those the prime factors of the number 444,215,360?

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 444,215,360

444,215,360
Factor Arrows
2222,107,680
Factor Arrows
2111,053,840
Factor Arrows
255,526,920
Factor Arrows
227,763,460
Factor Arrows
213,881,730
Factor Arrows
26,940,865
Factor Arrows
51,388,173
Factor Arrows
6720,719

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, 67, 20719

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 67 x 20,719 = 444,215,360

This can also be written as 26 x 51 x 671 x 20,7191 = 444,215,360

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


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