Q: What are the prime factors of the number 776,061,874?

 A: 2, 7, 31, 673, 2657

Why are those the prime factors of the number 776,061,874?

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 776,061,874

776,061,874
Factor Arrows
2388,030,937
Factor Arrows
755,432,991
Factor Arrows
311,788,161
Factor Arrows
6732,657

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, 7, 31, 673, 2657

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 31 x 673 x 2,657 = 776,061,874

This can also be written as 21 x 71 x 311 x 6731 x 2,6571 = 776,061,874

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


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