Q: What are the prime factors of the number 263,667,552?

 A: 2, 3, 17, 161561

Why are those the prime factors of the number 263,667,552?

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 263,667,552

263,667,552
Factor Arrows
2131,833,776
Factor Arrows
265,916,888
Factor Arrows
232,958,444
Factor Arrows
216,479,222
Factor Arrows
28,239,611
Factor Arrows
32,746,537
Factor Arrows
17161,561

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, 17, 161561

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 17 x 161,561 = 263,667,552

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 171 x 161,5611 = 263,667,552

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


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