Q: What are the prime factors of the number 555,102,524?

 A: 2, 47, 257, 11489

Why are those the prime factors of the number 555,102,524?

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 555,102,524

555,102,524
Factor Arrows
2277,551,262
Factor Arrows
2138,775,631
Factor Arrows
472,952,673
Factor Arrows
25711,489

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, 47, 257, 11489

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 47 x 257 x 11,489 = 555,102,524

This can also be written as 22 x 471 x 2571 x 11,4891 = 555,102,524

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


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