Q: What are the prime factors of the number 424,132,200?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 2909

Why are those the prime factors of the number 424,132,200?

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 424,132,200

424,132,200
Factor Arrows
2212,066,100
Factor Arrows
2106,033,050
Factor Arrows
253,016,525
Factor Arrows
317,672,175
Factor Arrows
35,890,725
Factor Arrows
31,963,575
Factor Arrows
3654,525
Factor Arrows
3218,175
Factor Arrows
372,725
Factor Arrows
514,545
Factor Arrows
52,909

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, 3, 5, 2909

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 2,909 = 424,132,200

This can also be written as 23 x 36 x 52 x 2,9091 = 424,132,200

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


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