Q: What are the prime factors of the number 114,835,136?

 A: 2, 13, 17, 23, 353

Why are those the prime factors of the number 114,835,136?

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 114,835,136

114,835,136
Factor Arrows
257,417,568
Factor Arrows
228,708,784
Factor Arrows
214,354,392
Factor Arrows
27,177,196
Factor Arrows
23,588,598
Factor Arrows
21,794,299
Factor Arrows
13138,023
Factor Arrows
178,119
Factor Arrows
23353

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, 13, 17, 23, 353

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 13 x 17 x 23 x 353 = 114,835,136

This can also be written as 26 x 131 x 171 x 231 x 3531 = 114,835,136

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


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