Q: What are the prime factors of the number 577,031,104?

 A: 2, 13, 43, 127

Why are those the prime factors of the number 577,031,104?

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 577,031,104

577,031,104
Factor Arrows
2288,515,552
Factor Arrows
2144,257,776
Factor Arrows
272,128,888
Factor Arrows
236,064,444
Factor Arrows
218,032,222
Factor Arrows
29,016,111
Factor Arrows
13693,547
Factor Arrows
4316,129
Factor Arrows
127127

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, 13, 43, 127

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 13 x 43 x 127 x 127 = 577,031,104

This can also be written as 26 x 131 x 431 x 1272 = 577,031,104

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


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