Q: What are the prime factors of the number 102,002,004?

 A: 2, 3, 13, 61, 397

Why are those the prime factors of the number 102,002,004?

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 102,002,004

102,002,004
Factor Arrows
251,001,002
Factor Arrows
225,500,501
Factor Arrows
38,500,167
Factor Arrows
32,833,389
Factor Arrows
3944,463
Factor Arrows
3314,821
Factor Arrows
1324,217
Factor Arrows
61397

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, 13, 61, 397

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 61 x 397 = 102,002,004

This can also be written as 22 x 34 x 131 x 611 x 3971 = 102,002,004

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


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