Q: What are the prime factors of the number 324,624,256?

 A: 2, 11, 307, 751

Why are those the prime factors of the number 324,624,256?

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 324,624,256

324,624,256
Factor Arrows
2162,312,128
Factor Arrows
281,156,064
Factor Arrows
240,578,032
Factor Arrows
220,289,016
Factor Arrows
210,144,508
Factor Arrows
25,072,254
Factor Arrows
22,536,127
Factor Arrows
11230,557
Factor Arrows
307751

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, 307, 751

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 11 x 307 x 751 = 324,624,256

This can also be written as 27 x 111 x 3071 x 7511 = 324,624,256

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


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