Q: What are the prime factors of the number 610,944?

 A: 2, 3, 37, 43

Why are those the prime factors of the number 610,944?

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 610,944

610,944
Factor Arrows
2305,472
Factor Arrows
2152,736
Factor Arrows
276,368
Factor Arrows
238,184
Factor Arrows
219,092
Factor Arrows
29,546
Factor Arrows
24,773
Factor Arrows
31,591
Factor Arrows
3743

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, 43

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 2 x 3 x 37 x 43 = 610,944

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 371 x 431 = 610,944

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


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