Q: What are the prime factors of the number 58,460,564?

 A: 2, 43, 339887

Why are those the prime factors of the number 58,460,564?

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 58,460,564

58,460,564
Factor Arrows
229,230,282
Factor Arrows
214,615,141
Factor Arrows
43339,887

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, 43, 339887

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 43 x 339,887 = 58,460,564

This can also be written as 22 x 431 x 339,8871 = 58,460,564

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


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