Q: What are the prime factors of the number 63,506,482?

 A: 2, 13, 97, 149

Why are those the prime factors of the number 63,506,482?

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 63,506,482

63,506,482
Factor Arrows
231,753,241
Factor Arrows
132,442,557
Factor Arrows
13187,889
Factor Arrows
1314,453
Factor Arrows
97149

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, 13, 97, 149

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 13 x 13 x 13 x 97 x 149 = 63,506,482

This can also be written as 21 x 133 x 971 x 1491 = 63,506,482

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


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