Q: What are the prime factors of the number 225,323,424?

 A: 2, 3, 260791

Why are those the prime factors of the number 225,323,424?

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 225,323,424

225,323,424
Factor Arrows
2112,661,712
Factor Arrows
256,330,856
Factor Arrows
228,165,428
Factor Arrows
214,082,714
Factor Arrows
27,041,357
Factor Arrows
32,347,119
Factor Arrows
3782,373
Factor Arrows
3260,791

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, 260791

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 3 x 260,791 = 225,323,424

This can also be written as 25 x 33 x 260,7911 = 225,323,424

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


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