Q: What are the prime factors of the number 150,885,632?

 A: 2, 607, 971

Why are those the prime factors of the number 150,885,632?

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 150,885,632

150,885,632
Factor Arrows
275,442,816
Factor Arrows
237,721,408
Factor Arrows
218,860,704
Factor Arrows
29,430,352
Factor Arrows
24,715,176
Factor Arrows
22,357,588
Factor Arrows
21,178,794
Factor Arrows
2589,397
Factor Arrows
607971

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, 607, 971

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 607 x 971 = 150,885,632

This can also be written as 28 x 6071 x 9711 = 150,885,632

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


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