Q: What are the prime factors of the number 310,225,674?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 181, 25969

Why are those the prime factors of the number 310,225,674?

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 310,225,674

310,225,674
Factor Arrows
2155,112,837
Factor Arrows
351,704,279
Factor Arrows
114,700,389
Factor Arrows
18125,969

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, 11, 181, 25969

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 11 x 181 x 25,969 = 310,225,674

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 111 x 1811 x 25,9691 = 310,225,674

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


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