Q: What are the prime factors of the number 317,463,224?

 A: 2, 13, 883, 3457

Why are those the prime factors of the number 317,463,224?

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 317,463,224

317,463,224
Factor Arrows
2158,731,612
Factor Arrows
279,365,806
Factor Arrows
239,682,903
Factor Arrows
133,052,531
Factor Arrows
8833,457

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, 13, 883, 3457

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 883 x 3,457 = 317,463,224

This can also be written as 23 x 131 x 8831 x 3,4571 = 317,463,224

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


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