Q: What are the prime factors of the number 137,120,816?

 A: 2, 7, 29, 37, 163

Why are those the prime factors of the number 137,120,816?

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 137,120,816

137,120,816
Factor Arrows
268,560,408
Factor Arrows
234,280,204
Factor Arrows
217,140,102
Factor Arrows
28,570,051
Factor Arrows
71,224,293
Factor Arrows
7174,899
Factor Arrows
296,031
Factor Arrows
37163

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, 7, 29, 37, 163

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 29 x 37 x 163 = 137,120,816

This can also be written as 24 x 72 x 291 x 371 x 1631 = 137,120,816

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


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