Q: What are the prime factors of the number 466,273,024?

 A: 2, 7, 37171

Why are those the prime factors of the number 466,273,024?

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 466,273,024

466,273,024
Factor Arrows
2233,136,512
Factor Arrows
2116,568,256
Factor Arrows
258,284,128
Factor Arrows
229,142,064
Factor Arrows
214,571,032
Factor Arrows
27,285,516
Factor Arrows
23,642,758
Factor Arrows
21,821,379
Factor Arrows
7260,197
Factor Arrows
737,171

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, 7, 37171

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 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 37,171 = 466,273,024

This can also be written as 28 x 72 x 37,1711 = 466,273,024

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


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