Q: What are the prime factors of the number 400,004,416?

 A: 2, 7, 19, 46993

Why are those the prime factors of the number 400,004,416?

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 400,004,416

400,004,416
Factor Arrows
2200,002,208
Factor Arrows
2100,001,104
Factor Arrows
250,000,552
Factor Arrows
225,000,276
Factor Arrows
212,500,138
Factor Arrows
26,250,069
Factor Arrows
7892,867
Factor Arrows
1946,993

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, 7, 19, 46993

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 7 x 19 x 46,993 = 400,004,416

This can also be written as 26 x 71 x 191 x 46,9931 = 400,004,416

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


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