Q: What are the prime factors of the number 104,666,850?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 31, 41, 61

Why are those the prime factors of the number 104,666,850?

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 104,666,850

104,666,850
Factor Arrows
252,333,425
Factor Arrows
317,444,475
Factor Arrows
35,814,825
Factor Arrows
31,938,275
Factor Arrows
5387,655
Factor Arrows
577,531
Factor Arrows
312,501
Factor Arrows
4161

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, 5, 31, 41, 61

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 31 x 41 x 61 = 104,666,850

This can also be written as 21 x 33 x 52 x 311 x 411 x 611 = 104,666,850

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


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