Q: What are the prime factors of the number 160,400,128?

 A: 2, 7, 19, 673

Why are those the prime factors of the number 160,400,128?

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 160,400,128

160,400,128
Factor Arrows
280,200,064
Factor Arrows
240,100,032
Factor Arrows
220,050,016
Factor Arrows
210,025,008
Factor Arrows
25,012,504
Factor Arrows
22,506,252
Factor Arrows
21,253,126
Factor Arrows
2626,563
Factor Arrows
789,509
Factor Arrows
712,787
Factor Arrows
19673

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, 7, 19, 673

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 7 x 7 x 19 x 673 = 160,400,128

This can also be written as 28 x 72 x 191 x 6731 = 160,400,128

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


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