Q: What are the prime factors of the number 62,135,664?

 A: 2, 3, 41, 31573

Why are those the prime factors of the number 62,135,664?

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 62,135,664

62,135,664
Factor Arrows
231,067,832
Factor Arrows
215,533,916
Factor Arrows
27,766,958
Factor Arrows
23,883,479
Factor Arrows
31,294,493
Factor Arrows
4131,573

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, 41, 31573

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 41 x 31,573 = 62,135,664

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 411 x 31,5731 = 62,135,664

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


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