Q: What are the prime factors of the number 151,407,184?

 A: 2, 227, 41687

Why are those the prime factors of the number 151,407,184?

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 151,407,184

151,407,184
Factor Arrows
275,703,592
Factor Arrows
237,851,796
Factor Arrows
218,925,898
Factor Arrows
29,462,949
Factor Arrows
22741,687

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, 227, 41687

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 227 x 41,687 = 151,407,184

This can also be written as 24 x 2271 x 41,6871 = 151,407,184

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


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