Q: What are the prime factors of the number 120,335,456?

 A: 2, 59, 63737

Why are those the prime factors of the number 120,335,456?

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 120,335,456

120,335,456
Factor Arrows
260,167,728
Factor Arrows
230,083,864
Factor Arrows
215,041,932
Factor Arrows
27,520,966
Factor Arrows
23,760,483
Factor Arrows
5963,737

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, 59, 63737

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 59 x 63,737 = 120,335,456

This can also be written as 25 x 591 x 63,7371 = 120,335,456

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


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