Q: What are the prime factors of the number 701,867,136?

 A: 2, 3, 1827779

Why are those the prime factors of the number 701,867,136?

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 701,867,136

701,867,136
Factor Arrows
2350,933,568
Factor Arrows
2175,466,784
Factor Arrows
287,733,392
Factor Arrows
243,866,696
Factor Arrows
221,933,348
Factor Arrows
210,966,674
Factor Arrows
25,483,337
Factor Arrows
31,827,779

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, 1827779

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 3 x 1,827,779 = 701,867,136

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 1,827,7791 = 701,867,136

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


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