Q: What are the prime factors of the number 134,555,175?

 A: 3, 5, 23, 107

Why are those the prime factors of the number 134,555,175?

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 134,555,175

134,555,175
Factor Arrows
344,851,725
Factor Arrows
314,950,575
Factor Arrows
34,983,525
Factor Arrows
31,661,175
Factor Arrows
3553,725
Factor Arrows
3184,575
Factor Arrows
361,525
Factor Arrows
512,305
Factor Arrows
52,461
Factor Arrows
23107

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:

3, 5, 23, 107

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 23 x 107 = 134,555,175

This can also be written as 37 x 52 x 231 x 1071 = 134,555,175

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


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