Q: What are the prime factors of the number 103,033,216?

 A: 2, 11, 13, 433

Why are those the prime factors of the number 103,033,216?

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 103,033,216

103,033,216
Factor Arrows
251,516,608
Factor Arrows
225,758,304
Factor Arrows
212,879,152
Factor Arrows
26,439,576
Factor Arrows
23,219,788
Factor Arrows
21,609,894
Factor Arrows
2804,947
Factor Arrows
1173,177
Factor Arrows
135,629
Factor Arrows
13433

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, 11, 13, 433

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 2 x 11 x 13 x 13 x 433 = 103,033,216

This can also be written as 27 x 111 x 132 x 4331 = 103,033,216

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


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