Q: What are the prime factors of the number 12,103,882?

 A: 2, 7, 113, 1093

Why are those the prime factors of the number 12,103,882?

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 12,103,882

12,103,882
Factor Arrows
26,051,941
Factor Arrows
7864,563
Factor Arrows
7123,509
Factor Arrows
1131,093

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, 113, 1093

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 7 x 113 x 1,093 = 12,103,882

This can also be written as 21 x 72 x 1131 x 1,0931 = 12,103,882

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


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