Q: What are the prime factors of the number 252,224,925?

 A: 3, 5, 3362999

Why are those the prime factors of the number 252,224,925?

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 252,224,925

252,224,925
Factor Arrows
384,074,975
Factor Arrows
516,814,995
Factor Arrows
53,362,999

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, 5, 3362999

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 5 x 5 x 3,362,999 = 252,224,925

This can also be written as 31 x 52 x 3,362,9991 = 252,224,925

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


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