Q: What are the prime factors of the number 240,523,623?

 A: 3, 479, 55793

Why are those the prime factors of the number 240,523,623?

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 240,523,623

240,523,623
Factor Arrows
380,174,541
Factor Arrows
326,724,847
Factor Arrows
47955,793

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:

3, 479, 55793

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 479 x 55,793 = 240,523,623

This can also be written as 32 x 4791 x 55,7931 = 240,523,623

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


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