Q: What are the prime factors of the number 377,551,716?

 A: 2, 3, 23, 157, 8713

Why are those the prime factors of the number 377,551,716?

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 377,551,716

377,551,716
Factor Arrows
2188,775,858
Factor Arrows
294,387,929
Factor Arrows
331,462,643
Factor Arrows
231,367,941
Factor Arrows
1578,713

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, 23, 157, 8713

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 23 x 157 x 8,713 = 377,551,716

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 231 x 1571 x 8,7131 = 377,551,716

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


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