Q: What are the prime factors of the number 103,313,042?

 A: 2, 7, 7379503

Why are those the prime factors of the number 103,313,042?

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 103,313,042

103,313,042
Factor Arrows
251,656,521
Factor Arrows
77,379,503

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, 7, 7379503

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 7,379,503 = 103,313,042

This can also be written as 21 x 71 x 7,379,5031 = 103,313,042

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


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