Q: What are the prime factors of the number 333,012,000?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 27751

Why are those the prime factors of the number 333,012,000?

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 333,012,000

333,012,000
Factor Arrows
2166,506,000
Factor Arrows
283,253,000
Factor Arrows
241,626,500
Factor Arrows
220,813,250
Factor Arrows
210,406,625
Factor Arrows
33,468,875
Factor Arrows
5693,775
Factor Arrows
5138,755
Factor Arrows
527,751

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, 3, 5, 27751

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 27,751 = 333,012,000

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 53 x 27,7511 = 333,012,000

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


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