Q: What are the prime factors of the number 230,512,554?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 83701

Why are those the prime factors of the number 230,512,554?

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 230,512,554

230,512,554
Factor Arrows
2115,256,277
Factor Arrows
338,418,759
Factor Arrows
312,806,253
Factor Arrows
34,268,751
Factor Arrows
31,422,917
Factor Arrows
1783,701

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, 17, 83701

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 17 x 83,701 = 230,512,554

This can also be written as 21 x 34 x 171 x 83,7011 = 230,512,554

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


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