Q: What are the prime factors of the number 104,001,312?

 A: 2, 3, 277, 3911

Why are those the prime factors of the number 104,001,312?

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 104,001,312

104,001,312
Factor Arrows
252,000,656
Factor Arrows
226,000,328
Factor Arrows
213,000,164
Factor Arrows
26,500,082
Factor Arrows
23,250,041
Factor Arrows
31,083,347
Factor Arrows
2773,911

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, 277, 3911

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 277 x 3,911 = 104,001,312

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 2771 x 3,9111 = 104,001,312

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


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