Q: What are the prime factors of the number 115,525,536?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 41, 599

Why are those the prime factors of the number 115,525,536?

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 115,525,536

115,525,536
Factor Arrows
257,762,768
Factor Arrows
228,881,384
Factor Arrows
214,440,692
Factor Arrows
27,220,346
Factor Arrows
23,610,173
Factor Arrows
31,203,391
Factor Arrows
7171,913
Factor Arrows
724,559
Factor Arrows
41599

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, 7, 41, 599

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 7 x 41 x 599 = 115,525,536

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 72 x 411 x 5991 = 115,525,536

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


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