Q: What are the prime factors of the number 143,114,304?

 A: 2, 3, 29, 25703

Why are those the prime factors of the number 143,114,304?

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 143,114,304

143,114,304
Factor Arrows
271,557,152
Factor Arrows
235,778,576
Factor Arrows
217,889,288
Factor Arrows
28,944,644
Factor Arrows
24,472,322
Factor Arrows
22,236,161
Factor Arrows
3745,387
Factor Arrows
2925,703

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, 3, 29, 25703

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 29 x 25,703 = 143,114,304

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 291 x 25,7031 = 143,114,304

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


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