Q: What are the prime factors of the number 122,436,352?

 A: 2, 137, 3491

Why are those the prime factors of the number 122,436,352?

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 122,436,352

122,436,352
Factor Arrows
261,218,176
Factor Arrows
230,609,088
Factor Arrows
215,304,544
Factor Arrows
27,652,272
Factor Arrows
23,826,136
Factor Arrows
21,913,068
Factor Arrows
2956,534
Factor Arrows
2478,267
Factor Arrows
1373,491

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, 137, 3491

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 2 x 2 x 137 x 3,491 = 122,436,352

This can also be written as 28 x 1371 x 3,4911 = 122,436,352

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


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