Q: What are the prime factors of the number 302,403,344?

 A: 2, 17, 269, 4133

Why are those the prime factors of the number 302,403,344?

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 302,403,344

302,403,344
Factor Arrows
2151,201,672
Factor Arrows
275,600,836
Factor Arrows
237,800,418
Factor Arrows
218,900,209
Factor Arrows
171,111,777
Factor Arrows
2694,133

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:

2, 17, 269, 4133

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 17 x 269 x 4,133 = 302,403,344

This can also be written as 24 x 171 x 2691 x 4,1331 = 302,403,344

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


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