Q: What are the prime factors of the number 44,458,065?

 A: 3, 5, 12197

Why are those the prime factors of the number 44,458,065?

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 44,458,065

44,458,065
Factor Arrows
314,819,355
Factor Arrows
34,939,785
Factor Arrows
31,646,595
Factor Arrows
3548,865
Factor Arrows
3182,955
Factor Arrows
360,985
Factor Arrows
512,197

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:

3, 5, 12197

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 12,197 = 44,458,065

This can also be written as 36 x 51 x 12,1971 = 44,458,065

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


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