Q: What are the prime factors of the number 111,000,114?

 A: 2, 3, 43, 61, 2351

Why are those the prime factors of the number 111,000,114?

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 111,000,114

111,000,114
Factor Arrows
255,500,057
Factor Arrows
318,500,019
Factor Arrows
36,166,673
Factor Arrows
43143,411
Factor Arrows
612,351

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, 43, 61, 2351

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 43 x 61 x 2,351 = 111,000,114

This can also be written as 21 x 32 x 431 x 611 x 2,3511 = 111,000,114

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


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