Q: What are the prime factors of the number 140,011,227?

 A: 3, 607, 8543

Why are those the prime factors of the number 140,011,227?

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 140,011,227

140,011,227
Factor Arrows
346,670,409
Factor Arrows
315,556,803
Factor Arrows
35,185,601
Factor Arrows
6078,543

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, 607, 8543

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 607 x 8,543 = 140,011,227

This can also be written as 33 x 6071 x 8,5431 = 140,011,227

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


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