Q: What are the prime factors of the number 435,532,116?

 A: 2, 3, 36294343

Why are those the prime factors of the number 435,532,116?

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 435,532,116

435,532,116
Factor Arrows
2217,766,058
Factor Arrows
2108,883,029
Factor Arrows
336,294,343

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, 36294343

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 36,294,343 = 435,532,116

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 36,294,3431 = 435,532,116

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


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