Q: What are the prime factors of the number 241,771,067?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 241,771,067?

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 241,771,067

	241,771,067
19		12,724,793
	2,971		4,283

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:

19, 2971, 4283

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 19 x 2,971 x 4,283 = 241,771,067

This can also be written as 19¹ x 2,971¹ x 4,283¹ = 241,771,067

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

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