Q: What are the prime factors of the number 736,067,540?

 A: 2, 5, 13, 251, 11279

Why are those the prime factors of the number 736,067,540?

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 736,067,540

736,067,540
Factor Arrows
2368,033,770
Factor Arrows
2184,016,885
Factor Arrows
536,803,377
Factor Arrows
132,831,029
Factor Arrows
25111,279

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, 5, 13, 251, 11279

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 5 x 13 x 251 x 11,279 = 736,067,540

This can also be written as 22 x 51 x 131 x 2511 x 11,2791 = 736,067,540

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


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