Q: What are the prime factors of the number 554,265,024?

 A: 2, 3, 421, 6857

Why are those the prime factors of the number 554,265,024?

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 554,265,024

554,265,024
Factor Arrows
2277,132,512
Factor Arrows
2138,566,256
Factor Arrows
269,283,128
Factor Arrows
234,641,564
Factor Arrows
217,320,782
Factor Arrows
28,660,391
Factor Arrows
32,886,797
Factor Arrows
4216,857

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, 421, 6857

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 421 x 6,857 = 554,265,024

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 4211 x 6,8571 = 554,265,024

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


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