Q: What are the prime factors of the number 122,575,328?

 A: 2, 167, 22937

Why are those the prime factors of the number 122,575,328?

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 122,575,328

122,575,328
Factor Arrows
261,287,664
Factor Arrows
230,643,832
Factor Arrows
215,321,916
Factor Arrows
27,660,958
Factor Arrows
23,830,479
Factor Arrows
16722,937

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, 167, 22937

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 167 x 22,937 = 122,575,328

This can also be written as 25 x 1671 x 22,9371 = 122,575,328

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


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