Q: What are the prime factors of the number 101,717,670?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 3390589

Why are those the prime factors of the number 101,717,670?

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 101,717,670

101,717,670
Factor Arrows
250,858,835
Factor Arrows
316,952,945
Factor Arrows
53,390,589

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:

2, 3, 5, 3390589

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 5 x 3,390,589 = 101,717,670

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 51 x 3,390,5891 = 101,717,670

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


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