Q: What are the prime factors of the number 743,075,488?

 A: 2, 23221109

Why are those the prime factors of the number 743,075,488?

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 743,075,488

743,075,488
Factor Arrows
2371,537,744
Factor Arrows
2185,768,872
Factor Arrows
292,884,436
Factor Arrows
246,442,218
Factor Arrows
223,221,109

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, 23221109

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 23,221,109 = 743,075,488

This can also be written as 25 x 23,221,1091 = 743,075,488

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


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