Q: What are the prime factors of the number 235,313,024?

 A: 2, 19, 96757

Why are those the prime factors of the number 235,313,024?

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 235,313,024

235,313,024
Factor Arrows
2117,656,512
Factor Arrows
258,828,256
Factor Arrows
229,414,128
Factor Arrows
214,707,064
Factor Arrows
27,353,532
Factor Arrows
23,676,766
Factor Arrows
21,838,383
Factor Arrows
1996,757

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, 19, 96757

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 2 x 19 x 96,757 = 235,313,024

This can also be written as 27 x 191 x 96,7571 = 235,313,024

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


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