Q: What are the prime factors of the number 300,627,000?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 33403

Why are those the prime factors of the number 300,627,000?

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 300,627,000

300,627,000
Factor Arrows
2150,313,500
Factor Arrows
275,156,750
Factor Arrows
237,578,375
Factor Arrows
312,526,125
Factor Arrows
34,175,375
Factor Arrows
5835,075
Factor Arrows
5167,015
Factor Arrows
533,403

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, 5, 33403

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 33,403 = 300,627,000

This can also be written as 23 x 32 x 53 x 33,4031 = 300,627,000

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


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