Q: What are the prime factors of the number 367,470,460?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 163, 16103

Why are those the prime factors of the number 367,470,460?

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 367,470,460

367,470,460
Factor Arrows
2183,735,230
Factor Arrows
291,867,615
Factor Arrows
518,373,523
Factor Arrows
72,624,789
Factor Arrows
16316,103

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, 7, 163, 16103

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 163 x 16,103 = 367,470,460

This can also be written as 22 x 51 x 71 x 1631 x 16,1031 = 367,470,460

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


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