Q: What are the prime factors of the number 46,764,544?

 A: 2, 149, 613

Why are those the prime factors of the number 46,764,544?

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 46,764,544

46,764,544
Factor Arrows
223,382,272
Factor Arrows
211,691,136
Factor Arrows
25,845,568
Factor Arrows
22,922,784
Factor Arrows
21,461,392
Factor Arrows
2730,696
Factor Arrows
2365,348
Factor Arrows
2182,674
Factor Arrows
291,337
Factor Arrows
149613

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, 149, 613

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 2 x 149 x 613 = 46,764,544

This can also be written as 29 x 1491 x 6131 = 46,764,544

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


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