Q: What are the prime factors of the number 77,500,780?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 241, 2297

Why are those the prime factors of the number 77,500,780?

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 77,500,780

77,500,780
Factor Arrows
238,750,390
Factor Arrows
219,375,195
Factor Arrows
53,875,039
Factor Arrows
7553,577
Factor Arrows
2412,297

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, 7, 241, 2297

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 241 x 2,297 = 77,500,780

This can also be written as 22 x 51 x 71 x 2411 x 2,2971 = 77,500,780

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


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