Q: What are the prime factors of the number 121,205,210?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 29, 59707

Why are those the prime factors of the number 121,205,210?

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 121,205,210

121,205,210
Factor Arrows
260,602,605
Factor Arrows
512,120,521
Factor Arrows
71,731,503
Factor Arrows
2959,707

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, 5, 7, 29, 59707

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 5 x 7 x 29 x 59,707 = 121,205,210

This can also be written as 21 x 51 x 71 x 291 x 59,7071 = 121,205,210

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


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