Q: What are the prime factors of the number 425,108,324?

 A: 2, 17, 149, 41957

Why are those the prime factors of the number 425,108,324?

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 425,108,324

425,108,324
Factor Arrows
2212,554,162
Factor Arrows
2106,277,081
Factor Arrows
176,251,593
Factor Arrows
14941,957

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, 17, 149, 41957

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 17 x 149 x 41,957 = 425,108,324

This can also be written as 22 x 171 x 1491 x 41,9571 = 425,108,324

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


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