Q: What are the prime factors of the number 115,677,129?

 A: 3, 17, 157, 14447

Why are those the prime factors of the number 115,677,129?

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 115,677,129

115,677,129
Factor Arrows
338,559,043
Factor Arrows
172,268,179
Factor Arrows
15714,447

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:

3, 17, 157, 14447

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 17 x 157 x 14,447 = 115,677,129

This can also be written as 31 x 171 x 1571 x 14,4471 = 115,677,129

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


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