Q: What are the prime factors of the number 606,081,312?

 A: 2, 3, 37, 18959

Why are those the prime factors of the number 606,081,312?

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 606,081,312

606,081,312
Factor Arrows
2303,040,656
Factor Arrows
2151,520,328
Factor Arrows
275,760,164
Factor Arrows
237,880,082
Factor Arrows
218,940,041
Factor Arrows
36,313,347
Factor Arrows
32,104,449
Factor Arrows
3701,483
Factor Arrows
3718,959

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, 3, 37, 18959

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 37 x 18,959 = 606,081,312

This can also be written as 25 x 33 x 371 x 18,9591 = 606,081,312

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


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