Q: What are the prime factors of the number 104,534,425?

 A: 5, 23, 137, 1327

Why are those the prime factors of the number 104,534,425?

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 104,534,425

104,534,425
Factor Arrows
520,906,885
Factor Arrows
54,181,377
Factor Arrows
23181,799
Factor Arrows
1371,327

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:

5, 23, 137, 1327

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 5 x 23 x 137 x 1,327 = 104,534,425

This can also be written as 52 x 231 x 1371 x 1,3271 = 104,534,425

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


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