Q: What are the prime factors of the number 345,456,728?

 A: 2, 17, 149419

Why are those the prime factors of the number 345,456,728?

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 345,456,728

345,456,728
Factor Arrows
2172,728,364
Factor Arrows
286,364,182
Factor Arrows
243,182,091
Factor Arrows
172,540,123
Factor Arrows
17149,419

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, 149419

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 17 x 17 x 149,419 = 345,456,728

This can also be written as 23 x 172 x 149,4191 = 345,456,728

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


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