Q: What are the prime factors of the number 234,401,012?

 A: 2, 109, 421, 1277

Why are those the prime factors of the number 234,401,012?

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 234,401,012

234,401,012
Factor Arrows
2117,200,506
Factor Arrows
258,600,253
Factor Arrows
109537,617
Factor Arrows
4211,277

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, 109, 421, 1277

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 109 x 421 x 1,277 = 234,401,012

This can also be written as 22 x 1091 x 4211 x 1,2771 = 234,401,012

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


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