Q: What are the prime factors of the number 62,356,596?

 A: 2, 3, 79, 65777

Why are those the prime factors of the number 62,356,596?

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 62,356,596

62,356,596
Factor Arrows
231,178,298
Factor Arrows
215,589,149
Factor Arrows
35,196,383
Factor Arrows
7965,777

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, 79, 65777

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 79 x 65,777 = 62,356,596

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 791 x 65,7771 = 62,356,596

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


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