Q: What are the prime factors of the number 553,650,528?

 A: 2, 3, 107, 53899

Why are those the prime factors of the number 553,650,528?

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 553,650,528

553,650,528
Factor Arrows
2276,825,264
Factor Arrows
2138,412,632
Factor Arrows
269,206,316
Factor Arrows
234,603,158
Factor Arrows
217,301,579
Factor Arrows
35,767,193
Factor Arrows
10753,899

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, 107, 53899

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 107 x 53,899 = 553,650,528

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 1071 x 53,8991 = 553,650,528

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


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