Q: What are the prime factors of the number 734,746,468?

 A: 2, 183686617

Why are those the prime factors of the number 734,746,468?

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 734,746,468

734,746,468
Factor Arrows
2367,373,234
Factor Arrows
2183,686,617

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, 183686617

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 183,686,617 = 734,746,468

This can also be written as 22 x 183,686,6171 = 734,746,468

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


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