Q: What are the prime factors of the number 323,203,232?

 A: 2, 11, 101, 9091

Why are those the prime factors of the number 323,203,232?

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 323,203,232

323,203,232
Factor Arrows
2161,601,616
Factor Arrows
280,800,808
Factor Arrows
240,400,404
Factor Arrows
220,200,202
Factor Arrows
210,100,101
Factor Arrows
11918,191
Factor Arrows
1019,091

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:

2, 11, 101, 9091

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 11 x 101 x 9,091 = 323,203,232

This can also be written as 25 x 111 x 1011 x 9,0911 = 323,203,232

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


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