Q: What are the prime factors of the number 62,273,728?

 A: 2, 11, 53, 1669

Why are those the prime factors of the number 62,273,728?

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 62,273,728

62,273,728
Factor Arrows
231,136,864
Factor Arrows
215,568,432
Factor Arrows
27,784,216
Factor Arrows
23,892,108
Factor Arrows
21,946,054
Factor Arrows
2973,027
Factor Arrows
1188,457
Factor Arrows
531,669

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, 11, 53, 1669

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 11 x 53 x 1,669 = 62,273,728

This can also be written as 26 x 111 x 531 x 1,6691 = 62,273,728

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


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