Q: What are the prime factors of the number 467,772,800?

 A: 2, 5, 11, 97, 137

Why are those the prime factors of the number 467,772,800?

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 467,772,800

467,772,800
Factor Arrows
2233,886,400
Factor Arrows
2116,943,200
Factor Arrows
258,471,600
Factor Arrows
229,235,800
Factor Arrows
214,617,900
Factor Arrows
27,308,950
Factor Arrows
23,654,475
Factor Arrows
5730,895
Factor Arrows
5146,179
Factor Arrows
1113,289
Factor Arrows
97137

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, 5, 11, 97, 137

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 5 x 5 x 11 x 97 x 137 = 467,772,800

This can also be written as 27 x 52 x 111 x 971 x 1371 = 467,772,800

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


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