Q: What are the prime factors of the number 365,603,200?

 A: 2, 5, 43, 2657

Why are those the prime factors of the number 365,603,200?

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 365,603,200

365,603,200
Factor Arrows
2182,801,600
Factor Arrows
291,400,800
Factor Arrows
245,700,400
Factor Arrows
222,850,200
Factor Arrows
211,425,100
Factor Arrows
25,712,550
Factor Arrows
22,856,275
Factor Arrows
5571,255
Factor Arrows
5114,251
Factor Arrows
432,657

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, 5, 43, 2657

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 2 x 5 x 5 x 43 x 2,657 = 365,603,200

This can also be written as 27 x 52 x 431 x 2,6571 = 365,603,200

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


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