Q: What are the prime factors of the number 553,007,846?

 A: 2, 37, 389, 19211

Why are those the prime factors of the number 553,007,846?

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 553,007,846

553,007,846
Factor Arrows
2276,503,923
Factor Arrows
377,473,079
Factor Arrows
38919,211

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, 37, 389, 19211

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 37 x 389 x 19,211 = 553,007,846

This can also be written as 21 x 371 x 3891 x 19,2111 = 553,007,846

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


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