Q: What are the prime factors of the number 121,233,645?

 A: 3, 5, 13, 37, 1867

Why are those the prime factors of the number 121,233,645?

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 121,233,645

121,233,645
Factor Arrows
340,411,215
Factor Arrows
313,470,405
Factor Arrows
34,490,135
Factor Arrows
5898,027
Factor Arrows
1369,079
Factor Arrows
371,867

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:

3, 5, 13, 37, 1867

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 13 x 37 x 1,867 = 121,233,645

This can also be written as 33 x 51 x 131 x 371 x 1,8671 = 121,233,645

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


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