Q: What are the prime factors of the number 314,314,112?

 A: 2, 7, 19, 37, 499

Why are those the prime factors of the number 314,314,112?

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 314,314,112

314,314,112
Factor Arrows
2157,157,056
Factor Arrows
278,578,528
Factor Arrows
239,289,264
Factor Arrows
219,644,632
Factor Arrows
29,822,316
Factor Arrows
24,911,158
Factor Arrows
22,455,579
Factor Arrows
7350,797
Factor Arrows
1918,463
Factor Arrows
37499

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, 7, 19, 37, 499

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 19 x 37 x 499 = 314,314,112

This can also be written as 27 x 71 x 191 x 371 x 4991 = 314,314,112

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


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