Q: What are the prime factors of the number 62,004,544?

 A: 2, 7, 138403

Why are those the prime factors of the number 62,004,544?

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 62,004,544

62,004,544
Factor Arrows
231,002,272
Factor Arrows
215,501,136
Factor Arrows
27,750,568
Factor Arrows
23,875,284
Factor Arrows
21,937,642
Factor Arrows
2968,821
Factor Arrows
7138,403

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, 7, 138403

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 7 x 138,403 = 62,004,544

This can also be written as 26 x 71 x 138,4031 = 62,004,544

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


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