Q: What are the prime factors of the number 144,883,863?

 A: 3, 31, 173099

Why are those the prime factors of the number 144,883,863?

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 144,883,863

144,883,863
Factor Arrows
348,294,621
Factor Arrows
316,098,207
Factor Arrows
35,366,069
Factor Arrows
31173,099

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, 31, 173099

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 31 x 173,099 = 144,883,863

This can also be written as 33 x 311 x 173,0991 = 144,883,863

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


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