Q: What are the prime factors of the number 566,612,304?

 A: 2, 3, 11804423

Why are those the prime factors of the number 566,612,304?

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 566,612,304

566,612,304
Factor Arrows
2283,306,152
Factor Arrows
2141,653,076
Factor Arrows
270,826,538
Factor Arrows
235,413,269
Factor Arrows
311,804,423

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, 11804423

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 11,804,423 = 566,612,304

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 11,804,4231 = 566,612,304

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


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