Q: What are the prime factors of the number 132,077,760?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 17, 8093

Why are those the prime factors of the number 132,077,760?

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 132,077,760

132,077,760
Factor Arrows
266,038,880
Factor Arrows
233,019,440
Factor Arrows
216,509,720
Factor Arrows
28,254,860
Factor Arrows
24,127,430
Factor Arrows
22,063,715
Factor Arrows
3687,905
Factor Arrows
5137,581
Factor Arrows
178,093

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, 5, 17, 8093

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 5 x 17 x 8,093 = 132,077,760

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 51 x 171 x 8,0931 = 132,077,760

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


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