Q: What are the prime factors of the number 304,312,019?

 A: 11, 17, 1627337

Why are those the prime factors of the number 304,312,019?

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 304,312,019

304,312,019
Factor Arrows
1127,664,729
Factor Arrows
171,627,337

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:

11, 17, 1627337

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 11 x 17 x 1,627,337 = 304,312,019

This can also be written as 111 x 171 x 1,627,3371 = 304,312,019

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


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