Q: What are the prime factors of the number 137,351,600?

 A: 2, 5, 343379

Why are those the prime factors of the number 137,351,600?

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 137,351,600

137,351,600
Factor Arrows
268,675,800
Factor Arrows
234,337,900
Factor Arrows
217,168,950
Factor Arrows
28,584,475
Factor Arrows
51,716,895
Factor Arrows
5343,379

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, 343379

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 343,379 = 137,351,600

This can also be written as 24 x 52 x 343,3791 = 137,351,600

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


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