Q: What are the prime factors of the number 125,703,744?

 A: 2, 3, 599, 1093

Why are those the prime factors of the number 125,703,744?

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 125,703,744

125,703,744
Factor Arrows
262,851,872
Factor Arrows
231,425,936
Factor Arrows
215,712,968
Factor Arrows
27,856,484
Factor Arrows
23,928,242
Factor Arrows
21,964,121
Factor Arrows
3654,707
Factor Arrows
5991,093

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, 599, 1093

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 599 x 1,093 = 125,703,744

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 5991 x 1,0931 = 125,703,744

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


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