Q: What are the prime factors of the number 330,232,000?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 5897

Why are those the prime factors of the number 330,232,000?

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 330,232,000

330,232,000
Factor Arrows
2165,116,000
Factor Arrows
282,558,000
Factor Arrows
241,279,000
Factor Arrows
220,639,500
Factor Arrows
210,319,750
Factor Arrows
25,159,875
Factor Arrows
51,031,975
Factor Arrows
5206,395
Factor Arrows
541,279
Factor Arrows
75,897

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, 5, 7, 5897

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 5 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 5,897 = 330,232,000

This can also be written as 26 x 53 x 71 x 5,8971 = 330,232,000

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


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