Q: What are the prime factors of the number 233,022,053?

 A: 11, 109, 1783

Why are those the prime factors of the number 233,022,053?

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 233,022,053

233,022,053
Factor Arrows
1121,183,823
Factor Arrows
109194,347
Factor Arrows
1091,783

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:

11, 109, 1783

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 11 x 109 x 109 x 1,783 = 233,022,053

This can also be written as 111 x 1092 x 1,7831 = 233,022,053

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


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