Q: What are the prime factors of the number 62,675,840?

 A: 2, 5, 97931

Why are those the prime factors of the number 62,675,840?

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 62,675,840

62,675,840
Factor Arrows
231,337,920
Factor Arrows
215,668,960
Factor Arrows
27,834,480
Factor Arrows
23,917,240
Factor Arrows
21,958,620
Factor Arrows
2979,310
Factor Arrows
2489,655
Factor Arrows
597,931

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, 5, 97931

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 2 x 5 x 97,931 = 62,675,840

This can also be written as 27 x 51 x 97,9311 = 62,675,840

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


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