Q: What are the prime factors of the number 605,424,064?

 A: 2, 7, 433, 3121

Why are those the prime factors of the number 605,424,064?

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 605,424,064

605,424,064
Factor Arrows
2302,712,032
Factor Arrows
2151,356,016
Factor Arrows
275,678,008
Factor Arrows
237,839,004
Factor Arrows
218,919,502
Factor Arrows
29,459,751
Factor Arrows
71,351,393
Factor Arrows
4333,121

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, 7, 433, 3121

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 433 x 3,121 = 605,424,064

This can also be written as 26 x 71 x 4331 x 3,1211 = 605,424,064

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


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