Q: What are the prime factors of the number 337,175,200?

 A: 2, 5, 421469

Why are those the prime factors of the number 337,175,200?

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 337,175,200

337,175,200
Factor Arrows
2168,587,600
Factor Arrows
284,293,800
Factor Arrows
242,146,900
Factor Arrows
221,073,450
Factor Arrows
210,536,725
Factor Arrows
52,107,345
Factor Arrows
5421,469

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, 421469

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 421,469 = 337,175,200

This can also be written as 25 x 52 x 421,4691 = 337,175,200

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


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