Q: What are the prime factors of the number 402,204,141?

 A: 3, 19, 1451, 1621

Why are those the prime factors of the number 402,204,141?

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 402,204,141

402,204,141
Factor Arrows
3134,068,047
Factor Arrows
344,689,349
Factor Arrows
192,352,071
Factor Arrows
1,4511,621

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:

3, 19, 1451, 1621

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 19 x 1,451 x 1,621 = 402,204,141

This can also be written as 32 x 191 x 1,4511 x 1,6211 = 402,204,141

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


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