Q: What are the prime factors of the number 114,465,664?

 A: 2, 23, 59, 659

Why are those the prime factors of the number 114,465,664?

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 114,465,664

114,465,664
Factor Arrows
257,232,832
Factor Arrows
228,616,416
Factor Arrows
214,308,208
Factor Arrows
27,154,104
Factor Arrows
23,577,052
Factor Arrows
21,788,526
Factor Arrows
2894,263
Factor Arrows
2338,881
Factor Arrows
59659

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, 23, 59, 659

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 23 x 59 x 659 = 114,465,664

This can also be written as 27 x 231 x 591 x 6591 = 114,465,664

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


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