Q: What are the prime factors of the number 200,480,544?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 523

Why are those the prime factors of the number 200,480,544?

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 200,480,544

200,480,544
Factor Arrows
2100,240,272
Factor Arrows
250,120,136
Factor Arrows
225,060,068
Factor Arrows
212,530,034
Factor Arrows
26,265,017
Factor Arrows
32,088,339
Factor Arrows
3696,113
Factor Arrows
1163,283
Factor Arrows
115,753
Factor Arrows
11523

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, 11, 523

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 11 x 11 x 11 x 523 = 200,480,544

This can also be written as 25 x 32 x 113 x 5231 = 200,480,544

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


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