Q: What are the prime factors of the number 104,434,400?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 17, 1097

Why are those the prime factors of the number 104,434,400?

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 104,434,400

104,434,400
Factor Arrows
252,217,200
Factor Arrows
226,108,600
Factor Arrows
213,054,300
Factor Arrows
26,527,150
Factor Arrows
23,263,575
Factor Arrows
5652,715
Factor Arrows
5130,543
Factor Arrows
718,649
Factor Arrows
171,097

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, 7, 17, 1097

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 17 x 1,097 = 104,434,400

This can also be written as 25 x 52 x 71 x 171 x 1,0971 = 104,434,400

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


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