Q: What are the prime factors of the number 150,632,704?

 A: 2, 23, 25583

Why are those the prime factors of the number 150,632,704?

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 150,632,704

150,632,704
Factor Arrows
275,316,352
Factor Arrows
237,658,176
Factor Arrows
218,829,088
Factor Arrows
29,414,544
Factor Arrows
24,707,272
Factor Arrows
22,353,636
Factor Arrows
21,176,818
Factor Arrows
2588,409
Factor Arrows
2325,583

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, 23, 25583

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 2 x 2 x 23 x 25,583 = 150,632,704

This can also be written as 28 x 231 x 25,5831 = 150,632,704

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


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