Q: What are the prime factors of the number 365,610,496?

 A: 2, 241, 2963

Why are those the prime factors of the number 365,610,496?

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 365,610,496

365,610,496
Factor Arrows
2182,805,248
Factor Arrows
291,402,624
Factor Arrows
245,701,312
Factor Arrows
222,850,656
Factor Arrows
211,425,328
Factor Arrows
25,712,664
Factor Arrows
22,856,332
Factor Arrows
21,428,166
Factor Arrows
2714,083
Factor Arrows
2412,963

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, 241, 2963

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 2 x 2 x 241 x 2,963 = 365,610,496

This can also be written as 29 x 2411 x 2,9631 = 365,610,496

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


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