Q: What are the prime factors of the number 302,323,221?

 A: 3, 33591469

Why are those the prime factors of the number 302,323,221?

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 302,323,221

302,323,221
Factor Arrows
3100,774,407
Factor Arrows
333,591,469

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:

3, 33591469

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 33,591,469 = 302,323,221

This can also be written as 32 x 33,591,4691 = 302,323,221

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


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