Q: What are the prime factors of the number 144,204,224?

 A: 2, 19, 118589

Why are those the prime factors of the number 144,204,224?

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 144,204,224

144,204,224
Factor Arrows
272,102,112
Factor Arrows
236,051,056
Factor Arrows
218,025,528
Factor Arrows
29,012,764
Factor Arrows
24,506,382
Factor Arrows
22,253,191
Factor Arrows
19118,589

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, 19, 118589

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 19 x 118,589 = 144,204,224

This can also be written as 26 x 191 x 118,5891 = 144,204,224

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


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