Q: What are the prime factors of the number 617,060,514?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 23, 27773

Why are those the prime factors of the number 617,060,514?

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 617,060,514

617,060,514
Factor Arrows
2308,530,257
Factor Arrows
3102,843,419
Factor Arrows
714,691,917
Factor Arrows
23638,779
Factor Arrows
2327,773

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, 23, 27773

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 7 x 23 x 23 x 27,773 = 617,060,514

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 71 x 232 x 27,7731 = 617,060,514

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


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