Q: What are the prime factors of the number 614,015,316?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 37159

Why are those the prime factors of the number 614,015,316?

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 614,015,316

614,015,316
Factor Arrows
2307,007,658
Factor Arrows
2153,503,829
Factor Arrows
351,167,943
Factor Arrows
317,055,981
Factor Arrows
35,685,327
Factor Arrows
31,895,109
Factor Arrows
3631,703
Factor Arrows
1737,159

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, 17, 37159

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 17 x 37,159 = 614,015,316

This can also be written as 22 x 35 x 171 x 37,1591 = 614,015,316

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


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