Q: What are the prime factors of the number 117,621,632?

 A: 2, 23, 39953

Why are those the prime factors of the number 117,621,632?

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 117,621,632

117,621,632
Factor Arrows
258,810,816
Factor Arrows
229,405,408
Factor Arrows
214,702,704
Factor Arrows
27,351,352
Factor Arrows
23,675,676
Factor Arrows
21,837,838
Factor Arrows
2918,919
Factor Arrows
2339,953

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, 39953

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 39,953 = 117,621,632

This can also be written as 27 x 231 x 39,9531 = 117,621,632

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


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