Q: What are the prime factors of the number 100,125?

 A: 3, 5, 89

Why are those the prime factors of the number 100,125?

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 100,125

100,125
Factor Arrows
333,375
Factor Arrows
311,125
Factor Arrows
52,225
Factor Arrows
5445
Factor Arrows
589

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, 5, 89

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 89 = 100,125

This can also be written as 32 x 53 x 891 = 100,125

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


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