Q: What are the prime factors of the number 105,840,684?

 A: 2, 3, 487, 6037

Why are those the prime factors of the number 105,840,684?

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 105,840,684

105,840,684
Factor Arrows
252,920,342
Factor Arrows
226,460,171
Factor Arrows
38,820,057
Factor Arrows
32,940,019
Factor Arrows
4876,037

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, 487, 6037

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 487 x 6,037 = 105,840,684

This can also be written as 22 x 32 x 4871 x 6,0371 = 105,840,684

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


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