Q: What are the prime factors of the number 461,025,756?

 A: 2, 3, 251, 5669

Why are those the prime factors of the number 461,025,756?

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 461,025,756

461,025,756
Factor Arrows
2230,512,878
Factor Arrows
2115,256,439
Factor Arrows
338,418,813
Factor Arrows
312,806,271
Factor Arrows
34,268,757
Factor Arrows
31,422,919
Factor Arrows
2515,669

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, 251, 5669

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 251 x 5,669 = 461,025,756

This can also be written as 22 x 34 x 2511 x 5,6691 = 461,025,756

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


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