Q: What are the prime factors of the number 117,202,162?

 A: 2, 7, 11, 37, 67, 307

Why are those the prime factors of the number 117,202,162?

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 117,202,162

117,202,162
Factor Arrows
258,601,081
Factor Arrows
78,371,583
Factor Arrows
11761,053
Factor Arrows
3720,569
Factor Arrows
67307

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, 7, 11, 37, 67, 307

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 11 x 37 x 67 x 307 = 117,202,162

This can also be written as 21 x 71 x 111 x 371 x 671 x 3071 = 117,202,162

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


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