Q: What are the prime factors of the number 105,155,568?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 2129

Why are those the prime factors of the number 105,155,568?

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 105,155,568

105,155,568
Factor Arrows
252,577,784
Factor Arrows
226,288,892
Factor Arrows
213,144,446
Factor Arrows
26,572,223
Factor Arrows
32,190,741
Factor Arrows
3730,247
Factor Arrows
7104,321
Factor Arrows
714,903
Factor Arrows
72,129

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, 7, 2129

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 2,129 = 105,155,568

This can also be written as 24 x 32 x 73 x 2,1291 = 105,155,568

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


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