Q: What are the prime factors of the number 334,513,216?

 A: 2, 17, 131, 2347

Why are those the prime factors of the number 334,513,216?

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 334,513,216

334,513,216
Factor Arrows
2167,256,608
Factor Arrows
283,628,304
Factor Arrows
241,814,152
Factor Arrows
220,907,076
Factor Arrows
210,453,538
Factor Arrows
25,226,769
Factor Arrows
17307,457
Factor Arrows
1312,347

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, 17, 131, 2347

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 17 x 131 x 2,347 = 334,513,216

This can also be written as 26 x 171 x 1311 x 2,3471 = 334,513,216

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


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