Q: What are the prime factors of the number 308,043?

 A: 3, 3803

Why are those the prime factors of the number 308,043?

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 308,043

308,043
Factor Arrows
3102,681
Factor Arrows
334,227
Factor Arrows
311,409
Factor Arrows
33,803

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, 3803

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3,803 = 308,043

This can also be written as 34 x 3,8031 = 308,043

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


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