Q: What are the prime factors of the number 102,203,200?

 A: 2, 5, 11, 5807

Why are those the prime factors of the number 102,203,200?

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 102,203,200

102,203,200
Factor Arrows
251,101,600
Factor Arrows
225,550,800
Factor Arrows
212,775,400
Factor Arrows
26,387,700
Factor Arrows
23,193,850
Factor Arrows
21,596,925
Factor Arrows
5319,385
Factor Arrows
563,877
Factor Arrows
115,807

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, 5, 11, 5807

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 11 x 5,807 = 102,203,200

This can also be written as 26 x 52 x 111 x 5,8071 = 102,203,200

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


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