Q: What are the prime factors of the number 235,232,320?

 A: 2, 5, 367, 2003

Why are those the prime factors of the number 235,232,320?

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 235,232,320

235,232,320
Factor Arrows
2117,616,160
Factor Arrows
258,808,080
Factor Arrows
229,404,040
Factor Arrows
214,702,020
Factor Arrows
27,351,010
Factor Arrows
23,675,505
Factor Arrows
5735,101
Factor Arrows
3672,003

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, 5, 367, 2003

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 367 x 2,003 = 235,232,320

This can also be written as 26 x 51 x 3671 x 2,0031 = 235,232,320

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


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