Q: What are the prime factors of the number 232,220,763?

 A: 3, 113, 2819

Why are those the prime factors of the number 232,220,763?

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 232,220,763

232,220,763
Factor Arrows
377,406,921
Factor Arrows
325,802,307
Factor Arrows
38,600,769
Factor Arrows
32,866,923
Factor Arrows
3955,641
Factor Arrows
3318,547
Factor Arrows
1132,819

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, 113, 2819

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 113 x 2,819 = 232,220,763

This can also be written as 36 x 1131 x 2,8191 = 232,220,763

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


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