Q: What are the prime factors of the number 60,355,262?

 A: 2, 11, 109, 25169

Why are those the prime factors of the number 60,355,262?

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 60,355,262

60,355,262
Factor Arrows
230,177,631
Factor Arrows
112,743,421
Factor Arrows
10925,169

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, 11, 109, 25169

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 11 x 109 x 25,169 = 60,355,262

This can also be written as 21 x 111 x 1091 x 25,1691 = 60,355,262

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


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