Q: What is the total number of prime factors of the number 357,040?
A: 6
First, you must factor the number. Then, you must identify the prime numbers. Finally, you then count the number of prime factors.
In the case of the number 357,040, the prime factors are: 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 4463 or also written as { 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 4,463 }
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