Q: What are the prime factors of the number 320,062,736?

 A: 2, 7, 227, 12589

Why are those the prime factors of the number 320,062,736?

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 320,062,736

320,062,736
Factor Arrows
2160,031,368
Factor Arrows
280,015,684
Factor Arrows
240,007,842
Factor Arrows
220,003,921
Factor Arrows
72,857,703
Factor Arrows
22712,589

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, 227, 12589

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 227 x 12,589 = 320,062,736

This can also be written as 24 x 71 x 2271 x 12,5891 = 320,062,736

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


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