Q: What are the prime factors of the number 760,201,520?

 A: 2, 5, 13, 23, 61, 521

Why are those the prime factors of the number 760,201,520?

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 760,201,520

760,201,520
Factor Arrows
2380,100,760
Factor Arrows
2190,050,380
Factor Arrows
295,025,190
Factor Arrows
247,512,595
Factor Arrows
59,502,519
Factor Arrows
13730,963
Factor Arrows
2331,781
Factor Arrows
61521

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, 23, 61, 521

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 13 x 23 x 61 x 521 = 760,201,520

This can also be written as 24 x 51 x 131 x 231 x 611 x 5211 = 760,201,520

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


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