Q: What are the prime factors of the number 377,304,288?

 A: 2, 3, 113, 34781

Why are those the prime factors of the number 377,304,288?

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 377,304,288

377,304,288
Factor Arrows
2188,652,144
Factor Arrows
294,326,072
Factor Arrows
247,163,036
Factor Arrows
223,581,518
Factor Arrows
211,790,759
Factor Arrows
33,930,253
Factor Arrows
11334,781

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, 113, 34781

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 113 x 34,781 = 377,304,288

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 1131 x 34,7811 = 377,304,288

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


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