Q: What are the prime factors of the number 121,206,000?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 20201

Why are those the prime factors of the number 121,206,000?

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 121,206,000

121,206,000
Factor Arrows
260,603,000
Factor Arrows
230,301,500
Factor Arrows
215,150,750
Factor Arrows
27,575,375
Factor Arrows
32,525,125
Factor Arrows
5505,025
Factor Arrows
5101,005
Factor Arrows
520,201

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, 5, 20201

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 20,201 = 121,206,000

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 53 x 20,2011 = 121,206,000

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


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