Q: What are the prime factors of the number 313,321,645?

 A: 5, 7, 13, 17, 40507

Why are those the prime factors of the number 313,321,645?

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 313,321,645

313,321,645
Factor Arrows
562,664,329
Factor Arrows
78,952,047
Factor Arrows
13688,619
Factor Arrows
1740,507

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:

5, 7, 13, 17, 40507

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 7 x 13 x 17 x 40,507 = 313,321,645

This can also be written as 51 x 71 x 131 x 171 x 40,5071 = 313,321,645

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


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