Q: What are the prime factors of the number 207,415,333?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 207,415,333?

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 207,415,333

	207,415,333
421		492,673

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:

421, 492673

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 421 x 492,673 = 207,415,333

This can also be written as 421¹ x 492,673¹ = 207,415,333

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

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