Q: What are the prime factors of the number 350,222,236?

 A: 2, 7, 13, 17, 56597

Why are those the prime factors of the number 350,222,236?

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 350,222,236

350,222,236
Factor Arrows
2175,111,118
Factor Arrows
287,555,559
Factor Arrows
712,507,937
Factor Arrows
13962,149
Factor Arrows
1756,597

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, 7, 13, 17, 56597

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 7 x 13 x 17 x 56,597 = 350,222,236

This can also be written as 22 x 71 x 131 x 171 x 56,5971 = 350,222,236

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


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