Q: What are the prime factors of the number 600,315,057?

 A: 3, 89, 83273

Why are those the prime factors of the number 600,315,057?

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 600,315,057

600,315,057
Factor Arrows
3200,105,019
Factor Arrows
366,701,673
Factor Arrows
322,233,891
Factor Arrows
37,411,297
Factor Arrows
8983,273

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:

3, 89, 83273

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 89 x 83,273 = 600,315,057

This can also be written as 34 x 891 x 83,2731 = 600,315,057

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


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