Q: What are the prime factors of the number 464,676,672?

 A: 2, 3, 103, 23497

Why are those the prime factors of the number 464,676,672?

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 464,676,672

464,676,672
Factor Arrows
2232,338,336
Factor Arrows
2116,169,168
Factor Arrows
258,084,584
Factor Arrows
229,042,292
Factor Arrows
214,521,146
Factor Arrows
27,260,573
Factor Arrows
32,420,191
Factor Arrows
10323,497

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, 103, 23497

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 3 x 103 x 23,497 = 464,676,672

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 1031 x 23,4971 = 464,676,672

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


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