Q: What are the prime factors of the number 613,255,524?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 281, 25981

Why are those the prime factors of the number 613,255,524?

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 613,255,524

613,255,524
Factor Arrows
2306,627,762
Factor Arrows
2153,313,881
Factor Arrows
351,104,627
Factor Arrows
77,300,661
Factor Arrows
28125,981

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, 7, 281, 25981

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 281 x 25,981 = 613,255,524

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 71 x 2811 x 25,9811 = 613,255,524

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


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