Q: What are the prime factors of the number 123,203,136?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 29, 109

Why are those the prime factors of the number 123,203,136?

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 123,203,136

123,203,136
Factor Arrows
261,601,568
Factor Arrows
230,800,784
Factor Arrows
215,400,392
Factor Arrows
27,700,196
Factor Arrows
23,850,098
Factor Arrows
21,925,049
Factor Arrows
3641,683
Factor Arrows
791,669
Factor Arrows
293,161
Factor Arrows
29109

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, 7, 29, 109

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 3 x 7 x 29 x 29 x 109 = 123,203,136

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 71 x 292 x 1091 = 123,203,136

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


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