Q: What are the prime factors of the number 163,205,730?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 337, 5381

Why are those the prime factors of the number 163,205,730?

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 163,205,730

163,205,730
Factor Arrows
281,602,865
Factor Arrows
327,200,955
Factor Arrows
39,066,985
Factor Arrows
51,813,397
Factor Arrows
3375,381

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, 337, 5381

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 337 x 5,381 = 163,205,730

This can also be written as 21 x 32 x 51 x 3371 x 5,3811 = 163,205,730

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


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