Q: What are the prime factors of the number 377,627,200?

 A: 2, 5, 236017

Why are those the prime factors of the number 377,627,200?

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 377,627,200

377,627,200
Factor Arrows
2188,813,600
Factor Arrows
294,406,800
Factor Arrows
247,203,400
Factor Arrows
223,601,700
Factor Arrows
211,800,850
Factor Arrows
25,900,425
Factor Arrows
51,180,085
Factor Arrows
5236,017

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, 236017

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 5 x 5 x 236,017 = 377,627,200

This can also be written as 26 x 52 x 236,0171 = 377,627,200

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


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