Q: What are the prime factors of the number 61,600?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 11

Why are those the prime factors of the number 61,600?

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 61,600

61,600
Factor Arrows
230,800
Factor Arrows
215,400
Factor Arrows
27,700
Factor Arrows
23,850
Factor Arrows
21,925
Factor Arrows
5385
Factor Arrows
577
Factor Arrows
711

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, 5, 7, 11

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 11 = 61,600

This can also be written as 25 x 52 x 71 x 111 = 61,600

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


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