Q: What are the prime factors of the number 365,585,892?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 131, 33223

Why are those the prime factors of the number 365,585,892?

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 365,585,892

365,585,892
Factor Arrows
2182,792,946
Factor Arrows
291,396,473
Factor Arrows
330,465,491
Factor Arrows
74,352,213
Factor Arrows
13133,223

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, 7, 131, 33223

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 131 x 33,223 = 365,585,892

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 71 x 1311 x 33,2231 = 365,585,892

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


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