Q: What are the prime factors of the number 114,362,562?

 A: 2, 3, 47, 405541

Why are those the prime factors of the number 114,362,562?

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 114,362,562

114,362,562
Factor Arrows
257,181,281
Factor Arrows
319,060,427
Factor Arrows
47405,541

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, 47, 405541

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 47 x 405,541 = 114,362,562

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 471 x 405,5411 = 114,362,562

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


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