Q: What are the prime factors of the number 111,606?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 19, 89

Why are those the prime factors of the number 111,606?

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 111,606

111,606
Factor Arrows
255,803
Factor Arrows
318,601
Factor Arrows
111,691
Factor Arrows
1989

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, 11, 19, 89

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 11 x 19 x 89 = 111,606

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 111 x 191 x 891 = 111,606

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


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