Q: What are the prime factors of the number 366,534,528?

 A: 2, 3, 954517

Why are those the prime factors of the number 366,534,528?

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 366,534,528

366,534,528
Factor Arrows
2183,267,264
Factor Arrows
291,633,632
Factor Arrows
245,816,816
Factor Arrows
222,908,408
Factor Arrows
211,454,204
Factor Arrows
25,727,102
Factor Arrows
22,863,551
Factor Arrows
3954,517

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, 954517

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 3 x 954,517 = 366,534,528

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 954,5171 = 366,534,528

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


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