Q: What are the prime factors of the number 575,240,768?

 A: 2, 1693, 5309

Why are those the prime factors of the number 575,240,768?

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 575,240,768

575,240,768
Factor Arrows
2287,620,384
Factor Arrows
2143,810,192
Factor Arrows
271,905,096
Factor Arrows
235,952,548
Factor Arrows
217,976,274
Factor Arrows
28,988,137
Factor Arrows
1,6935,309

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, 1693, 5309

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 1,693 x 5,309 = 575,240,768

This can also be written as 26 x 1,6931 x 5,3091 = 575,240,768

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


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