Q: What are the prime factors of the number 60,267,051?

 A: 3, 13, 103, 1667

Why are those the prime factors of the number 60,267,051?

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 60,267,051

60,267,051
Factor Arrows
320,089,017
Factor Arrows
36,696,339
Factor Arrows
32,232,113
Factor Arrows
13171,701
Factor Arrows
1031,667

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, 13, 103, 1667

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 103 x 1,667 = 60,267,051

This can also be written as 33 x 131 x 1031 x 1,6671 = 60,267,051

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


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