Q: What are the prime factors of the number 240,260,440?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 858073

Why are those the prime factors of the number 240,260,440?

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 240,260,440

240,260,440
Factor Arrows
2120,130,220
Factor Arrows
260,065,110
Factor Arrows
230,032,555
Factor Arrows
56,006,511
Factor Arrows
7858,073

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, 7, 858073

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 858,073 = 240,260,440

This can also be written as 23 x 51 x 71 x 858,0731 = 240,260,440

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


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