Q: What are the prime factors of the number 764,252,283?

 A: 3, 29, 8784509

Why are those the prime factors of the number 764,252,283?

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 764,252,283

764,252,283
Factor Arrows
3254,750,761
Factor Arrows
298,784,509

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:

3, 29, 8784509

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 29 x 8,784,509 = 764,252,283

This can also be written as 31 x 291 x 8,784,5091 = 764,252,283

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


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