Q: What are the prime factors of the number 410,230,331?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 410,230,331?

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 410,230,331

	410,230,331
7		58,604,333
	79		741,827

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:

7, 79, 741827

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 7 x 79 x 741,827 = 410,230,331

This can also be written as 7¹ x 79¹ x 741,827¹ = 410,230,331

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

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