Q: What are the prime factors of the number 446,016,018?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 61, 107, 1627

Why are those the prime factors of the number 446,016,018?

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 446,016,018

446,016,018
Factor Arrows
2223,008,009
Factor Arrows
374,336,003
Factor Arrows
710,619,429
Factor Arrows
61174,089
Factor Arrows
1071,627

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, 7, 61, 107, 1627

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 7 x 61 x 107 x 1,627 = 446,016,018

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 71 x 611 x 1071 x 1,6271 = 446,016,018

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


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