Q: What are the prime factors of the number 160,176,480?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 333701

Why are those the prime factors of the number 160,176,480?

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 160,176,480

160,176,480
Factor Arrows
280,088,240
Factor Arrows
240,044,120
Factor Arrows
220,022,060
Factor Arrows
210,011,030
Factor Arrows
25,005,515
Factor Arrows
31,668,505
Factor Arrows
5333,701

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, 333701

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 333,701 = 160,176,480

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 51 x 333,7011 = 160,176,480

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


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