Q: What are the prime factors of the number 254,177,088?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 120349

Why are those the prime factors of the number 254,177,088?

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 254,177,088

254,177,088
Factor Arrows
2127,088,544
Factor Arrows
263,544,272
Factor Arrows
231,772,136
Factor Arrows
215,886,068
Factor Arrows
27,943,034
Factor Arrows
23,971,517
Factor Arrows
31,323,839
Factor Arrows
11120,349

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, 11, 120349

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 11 x 120,349 = 254,177,088

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 111 x 120,3491 = 254,177,088

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


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