Q: What are the prime factors of the number 533,005,246?

 A: 2, 14411, 18493

Why are those the prime factors of the number 533,005,246?

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 533,005,246

533,005,246
Factor Arrows
2266,502,623
Factor Arrows
14,41118,493

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, 14411, 18493

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 14,411 x 18,493 = 533,005,246

This can also be written as 21 x 14,4111 x 18,4931 = 533,005,246

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


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