Q: What are the prime factors of the number 375,637,152?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 355717

Why are those the prime factors of the number 375,637,152?

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 375,637,152

375,637,152
Factor Arrows
2187,818,576
Factor Arrows
293,909,288
Factor Arrows
246,954,644
Factor Arrows
223,477,322
Factor Arrows
211,738,661
Factor Arrows
33,912,887
Factor Arrows
11355,717

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, 11, 355717

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 11 x 355,717 = 375,637,152

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 111 x 355,7171 = 375,637,152

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


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