Q: What are the prime factors of the number 100,470?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 17, 197

Why are those the prime factors of the number 100,470?

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 100,470

100,470
Factor Arrows
250,235
Factor Arrows
316,745
Factor Arrows
53,349
Factor Arrows
17197

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, 3, 5, 17, 197

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 5 x 17 x 197 = 100,470

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 51 x 171 x 1971 = 100,470

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


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