Q: What are the prime factors of the number 132,412,124?

 A: 2, 13, 41, 173, 359

Why are those the prime factors of the number 132,412,124?

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 132,412,124

132,412,124
Factor Arrows
266,206,062
Factor Arrows
233,103,031
Factor Arrows
132,546,387
Factor Arrows
4162,107
Factor Arrows
173359

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, 13, 41, 173, 359

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 13 x 41 x 173 x 359 = 132,412,124

This can also be written as 22 x 131 x 411 x 1731 x 3591 = 132,412,124

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


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