Q: What are the prime factors of the number 746,664,000?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 53, 587

Why are those the prime factors of the number 746,664,000?

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 746,664,000

746,664,000
Factor Arrows
2373,332,000
Factor Arrows
2186,666,000
Factor Arrows
293,333,000
Factor Arrows
246,666,500
Factor Arrows
223,333,250
Factor Arrows
211,666,625
Factor Arrows
33,888,875
Factor Arrows
5777,775
Factor Arrows
5155,555
Factor Arrows
531,111
Factor Arrows
53587

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, 5, 53, 587

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 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 53 x 587 = 746,664,000

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 53 x 531 x 5871 = 746,664,000

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


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