Q: What are the prime factors of the number 241,750,892?

 A: 2, 47, 173, 7433

Why are those the prime factors of the number 241,750,892?

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 241,750,892

241,750,892
Factor Arrows
2120,875,446
Factor Arrows
260,437,723
Factor Arrows
471,285,909
Factor Arrows
1737,433

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, 47, 173, 7433

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 47 x 173 x 7,433 = 241,750,892

This can also be written as 22 x 471 x 1731 x 7,4331 = 241,750,892

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


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