Q: What are the prime factors of the number 566,536,220?

 A: 2, 5, 17, 109, 15287

Why are those the prime factors of the number 566,536,220?

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 566,536,220

566,536,220
Factor Arrows
2283,268,110
Factor Arrows
2141,634,055
Factor Arrows
528,326,811
Factor Arrows
171,666,283
Factor Arrows
10915,287

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, 5, 17, 109, 15287

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 5 x 17 x 109 x 15,287 = 566,536,220

This can also be written as 22 x 51 x 171 x 1091 x 15,2871 = 566,536,220

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


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