Q: What are the prime factors of the number 540,140,555?

 A: 5, 89, 179, 6781

Why are those the prime factors of the number 540,140,555?

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 540,140,555

540,140,555
Factor Arrows
5108,028,111
Factor Arrows
891,213,799
Factor Arrows
1796,781

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, 89, 179, 6781

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 89 x 179 x 6,781 = 540,140,555

This can also be written as 51 x 891 x 1791 x 6,7811 = 540,140,555

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


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