Q: What are the prime factors of the number 527,543,065?

 A: 5, 7, 17, 23, 5507

Why are those the prime factors of the number 527,543,065?

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 527,543,065

527,543,065
Factor Arrows
5105,508,613
Factor Arrows
715,072,659
Factor Arrows
72,153,237
Factor Arrows
17126,661
Factor Arrows
235,507

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:

5, 7, 17, 23, 5507

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 7 x 7 x 17 x 23 x 5,507 = 527,543,065

This can also be written as 51 x 72 x 171 x 231 x 5,5071 = 527,543,065

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


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