Q: What are the prime factors of the number 163,401,048?

 A: 2, 3, 2269459

Why are those the prime factors of the number 163,401,048?

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 163,401,048

163,401,048
Factor Arrows
281,700,524
Factor Arrows
240,850,262
Factor Arrows
220,425,131
Factor Arrows
36,808,377
Factor Arrows
32,269,459

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, 2269459

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 2,269,459 = 163,401,048

This can also be written as 23 x 32 x 2,269,4591 = 163,401,048

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


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