Q: What are the prime factors of the number 60,203,650?

 A: 2, 5, 13, 23, 4027

Why are those the prime factors of the number 60,203,650?

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 60,203,650

60,203,650
Factor Arrows
230,101,825
Factor Arrows
56,020,365
Factor Arrows
51,204,073
Factor Arrows
1392,621
Factor Arrows
234,027

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, 5, 13, 23, 4027

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 5 x 5 x 13 x 23 x 4,027 = 60,203,650

This can also be written as 21 x 52 x 131 x 231 x 4,0271 = 60,203,650

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


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