Q: What are the prime factors of the number 64,668,612?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 317003

Why are those the prime factors of the number 64,668,612?

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 64,668,612

64,668,612
Factor Arrows
232,334,306
Factor Arrows
216,167,153
Factor Arrows
35,389,051
Factor Arrows
17317,003

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, 17, 317003

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 17 x 317,003 = 64,668,612

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 171 x 317,0031 = 64,668,612

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


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