Q: What are the prime factors of the number 312,735,763?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 312,735,763?

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 312,735,763

	312,735,763
19		16,459,777
	547		30,091

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:

19, 547, 30091

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 19 x 547 x 30,091 = 312,735,763

This can also be written as 19¹ x 547¹ x 30,091¹ = 312,735,763

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

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