Q: What are the prime factors of the number 271,023,403?

 A: 7, 59, 107, 6133

Why are those the prime factors of the number 271,023,403?

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 271,023,403

271,023,403
Factor Arrows
738,717,629
Factor Arrows
59656,231
Factor Arrows
1076,133

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:

7, 59, 107, 6133

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 7 x 59 x 107 x 6,133 = 271,023,403

This can also be written as 71 x 591 x 1071 x 6,1331 = 271,023,403

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


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