Q: What are the prime factors of the number 355,201,200?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 19, 577

Why are those the prime factors of the number 355,201,200?

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 355,201,200

355,201,200
Factor Arrows
2177,600,600
Factor Arrows
288,800,300
Factor Arrows
244,400,150
Factor Arrows
222,200,075
Factor Arrows
37,400,025
Factor Arrows
32,466,675
Factor Arrows
3822,225
Factor Arrows
3274,075
Factor Arrows
554,815
Factor Arrows
510,963
Factor Arrows
19577

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, 3, 5, 19, 577

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 19 x 577 = 355,201,200

This can also be written as 24 x 34 x 52 x 191 x 5771 = 355,201,200

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


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