Q: What are the prime factors of the number 225,567,477?

 A: 3, 8354351

Why are those the prime factors of the number 225,567,477?

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 225,567,477

225,567,477
Factor Arrows
375,189,159
Factor Arrows
325,063,053
Factor Arrows
38,354,351

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:

3, 8354351

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 8,354,351 = 225,567,477

This can also be written as 33 x 8,354,3511 = 225,567,477

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


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