Q: What are the prime factors of the number 141,107,427?

 A: 3, 67, 107

Why are those the prime factors of the number 141,107,427?

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 141,107,427

141,107,427
Factor Arrows
347,035,809
Factor Arrows
315,678,603
Factor Arrows
35,226,201
Factor Arrows
31,742,067
Factor Arrows
3580,689
Factor Arrows
3193,563
Factor Arrows
364,521
Factor Arrows
321,507
Factor Arrows
37,169
Factor Arrows
67107

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, 67, 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 3 x 3 x 67 x 107 = 141,107,427

This can also be written as 39 x 671 x 1071 = 141,107,427

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


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