Q: What are the prime factors of the number 121,126,464?

 A: 2, 3, 23, 41, 223

Why are those the prime factors of the number 121,126,464?

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 121,126,464

121,126,464
Factor Arrows
260,563,232
Factor Arrows
230,281,616
Factor Arrows
215,140,808
Factor Arrows
27,570,404
Factor Arrows
23,785,202
Factor Arrows
21,892,601
Factor Arrows
3630,867
Factor Arrows
3210,289
Factor Arrows
239,143
Factor Arrows
41223

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, 3, 23, 41, 223

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 3 x 3 x 23 x 41 x 223 = 121,126,464

This can also be written as 26 x 32 x 231 x 411 x 2231 = 121,126,464

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


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