Q: What are the prime factors of the number 120,728,704?

 A: 2, 811, 1163

Why are those the prime factors of the number 120,728,704?

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 120,728,704

120,728,704
Factor Arrows
260,364,352
Factor Arrows
230,182,176
Factor Arrows
215,091,088
Factor Arrows
27,545,544
Factor Arrows
23,772,772
Factor Arrows
21,886,386
Factor Arrows
2943,193
Factor Arrows
8111,163

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, 811, 1163

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 811 x 1,163 = 120,728,704

This can also be written as 27 x 8111 x 1,1631 = 120,728,704

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


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