Q: What are the prime factors of the number 151,405,440?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 78857

Why are those the prime factors of the number 151,405,440?

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 151,405,440

151,405,440
Factor Arrows
275,702,720
Factor Arrows
237,851,360
Factor Arrows
218,925,680
Factor Arrows
29,462,840
Factor Arrows
24,731,420
Factor Arrows
22,365,710
Factor Arrows
21,182,855
Factor Arrows
3394,285
Factor Arrows
578,857

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, 3, 5, 78857

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 3 x 5 x 78,857 = 151,405,440

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 51 x 78,8571 = 151,405,440

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


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