Q: What are the prime factors of the number 340,332,254?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 340,332,254?

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 340,332,254

	340,332,254
2		170,166,127
	431		394,817

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, 431, 394817

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 431 x 394,817 = 340,332,254

This can also be written as 2¹ x 431¹ x 394,817¹ = 340,332,254

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

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