Q: What are the prime factors of the number 132,323,200?

 A: 2, 5, 41351

Why are those the prime factors of the number 132,323,200?

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 132,323,200

132,323,200
Factor Arrows
266,161,600
Factor Arrows
233,080,800
Factor Arrows
216,540,400
Factor Arrows
28,270,200
Factor Arrows
24,135,100
Factor Arrows
22,067,550
Factor Arrows
21,033,775
Factor Arrows
5206,755
Factor Arrows
541,351

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, 5, 41351

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 2 x 5 x 5 x 41,351 = 132,323,200

This can also be written as 27 x 52 x 41,3511 = 132,323,200

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


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