Q: What are the prime factors of the number 563,006,483?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 563,006,483?

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 563,006,483

	563,006,483
13		43,308,191
	149		290,659

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:

13, 149, 290659

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 13 x 149 x 290,659 = 563,006,483

This can also be written as 13¹ x 149¹ x 290,659¹ = 563,006,483

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

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