Q: What are the prime factors of the number 145,070,625?

 A: 3, 5, 7, 1579

Why are those the prime factors of the number 145,070,625?

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 145,070,625

145,070,625
Factor Arrows
348,356,875
Factor Arrows
59,671,375
Factor Arrows
51,934,275
Factor Arrows
5386,855
Factor Arrows
577,371
Factor Arrows
711,053
Factor Arrows
71,579

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, 5, 7, 1579

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 7 x 1,579 = 145,070,625

This can also be written as 31 x 54 x 72 x 1,5791 = 145,070,625

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


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