Q: What are the prime factors of the number 300,323,200?

 A: 2, 5, 93851

Why are those the prime factors of the number 300,323,200?

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 300,323,200

300,323,200
Factor Arrows
2150,161,600
Factor Arrows
275,080,800
Factor Arrows
237,540,400
Factor Arrows
218,770,200
Factor Arrows
29,385,100
Factor Arrows
24,692,550
Factor Arrows
22,346,275
Factor Arrows
5469,255
Factor Arrows
593,851

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, 5, 93851

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 2 x 5 x 5 x 93,851 = 300,323,200

This can also be written as 27 x 52 x 93,8511 = 300,323,200

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


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