Q: What are the prime factors of the number 644,774,724?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 107, 15217

Why are those the prime factors of the number 644,774,724?

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 644,774,724

644,774,724
Factor Arrows
2322,387,362
Factor Arrows
2161,193,681
Factor Arrows
353,731,227
Factor Arrows
317,910,409
Factor Arrows
111,628,219
Factor Arrows
10715,217

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, 11, 107, 15217

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 11 x 107 x 15,217 = 644,774,724

This can also be written as 22 x 32 x 111 x 1071 x 15,2171 = 644,774,724

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


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