Q: What are the prime factors of the number 557,172,164?

 A: 2, 59, 2360899

Why are those the prime factors of the number 557,172,164?

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 557,172,164

557,172,164
Factor Arrows
2278,586,082
Factor Arrows
2139,293,041
Factor Arrows
592,360,899

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, 59, 2360899

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 59 x 2,360,899 = 557,172,164

This can also be written as 22 x 591 x 2,360,8991 = 557,172,164

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


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