Q: What are the prime factors of the number 544,286,304?

 A: 2, 3, 209987

Why are those the prime factors of the number 544,286,304?

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 544,286,304

544,286,304
Factor Arrows
2272,143,152
Factor Arrows
2136,071,576
Factor Arrows
268,035,788
Factor Arrows
234,017,894
Factor Arrows
217,008,947
Factor Arrows
35,669,649
Factor Arrows
31,889,883
Factor Arrows
3629,961
Factor Arrows
3209,987

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, 3, 209987

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 209,987 = 544,286,304

This can also be written as 25 x 34 x 209,9871 = 544,286,304

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


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