Q: What are the prime factors of the number 62,335,375?

 A: 5, 41, 12163

Why are those the prime factors of the number 62,335,375?

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 62,335,375

62,335,375
Factor Arrows
512,467,075
Factor Arrows
52,493,415
Factor Arrows
5498,683
Factor Arrows
4112,163

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:

5, 41, 12163

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 5 x 5 x 41 x 12,163 = 62,335,375

This can also be written as 53 x 411 x 12,1631 = 62,335,375

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


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