Q: What are the prime factors of the number 114,431,152?

 A: 2, 11, 59107

Why are those the prime factors of the number 114,431,152?

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 114,431,152

114,431,152
Factor Arrows
257,215,576
Factor Arrows
228,607,788
Factor Arrows
214,303,894
Factor Arrows
27,151,947
Factor Arrows
11650,177
Factor Arrows
1159,107

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, 11, 59107

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 11 x 11 x 59,107 = 114,431,152

This can also be written as 24 x 112 x 59,1071 = 114,431,152

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


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