Q: What are the prime factors of the number 276,778,356?

 A: 2, 3, 23064863

Why are those the prime factors of the number 276,778,356?

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 276,778,356

276,778,356
Factor Arrows
2138,389,178
Factor Arrows
269,194,589
Factor Arrows
323,064,863

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, 23064863

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 23,064,863 = 276,778,356

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 23,064,8631 = 276,778,356

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


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