Q: What are the prime factors of the number 132,310,200?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 11, 20047

Why are those the prime factors of the number 132,310,200?

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 132,310,200

132,310,200
Factor Arrows
266,155,100
Factor Arrows
233,077,550
Factor Arrows
216,538,775
Factor Arrows
35,512,925
Factor Arrows
51,102,585
Factor Arrows
5220,517
Factor Arrows
1120,047

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, 11, 20047

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 11 x 20,047 = 132,310,200

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 52 x 111 x 20,0471 = 132,310,200

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


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