Q: What are the prime factors of the number 354,303,808?

 A: 2, 587, 9431

Why are those the prime factors of the number 354,303,808?

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 354,303,808

354,303,808
Factor Arrows
2177,151,904
Factor Arrows
288,575,952
Factor Arrows
244,287,976
Factor Arrows
222,143,988
Factor Arrows
211,071,994
Factor Arrows
25,535,997
Factor Arrows
5879,431

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, 587, 9431

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 587 x 9,431 = 354,303,808

This can also be written as 26 x 5871 x 9,4311 = 354,303,808

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


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