Q: What are the prime factors of the number 60,142,445?

 A: 5, 11, 99409

Why are those the prime factors of the number 60,142,445?

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 60,142,445

60,142,445
Factor Arrows
512,028,489
Factor Arrows
111,093,499
Factor Arrows
1199,409

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:

5, 11, 99409

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 11 x 11 x 99,409 = 60,142,445

This can also be written as 51 x 112 x 99,4091 = 60,142,445

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


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