Q: What are the prime factors of the number 241,400,520?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 83, 2693

Why are those the prime factors of the number 241,400,520?

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 241,400,520

241,400,520
Factor Arrows
2120,700,260
Factor Arrows
260,350,130
Factor Arrows
230,175,065
Factor Arrows
310,058,355
Factor Arrows
33,352,785
Factor Arrows
31,117,595
Factor Arrows
5223,519
Factor Arrows
832,693

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, 3, 5, 83, 2693

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 83 x 2,693 = 241,400,520

This can also be written as 23 x 33 x 51 x 831 x 2,6931 = 241,400,520

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


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