Q: What are the prime factors of the number 411,252,352?

 A: 2, 7, 458987

Why are those the prime factors of the number 411,252,352?

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 411,252,352

411,252,352
Factor Arrows
2205,626,176
Factor Arrows
2102,813,088
Factor Arrows
251,406,544
Factor Arrows
225,703,272
Factor Arrows
212,851,636
Factor Arrows
26,425,818
Factor Arrows
23,212,909
Factor Arrows
7458,987

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, 458987

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 2 x 7 x 458,987 = 411,252,352

This can also be written as 27 x 71 x 458,9871 = 411,252,352

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


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