Q: What are the prime factors of the number 163,414,421?

 A: 17, 19, 505927

Why are those the prime factors of the number 163,414,421?

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 163,414,421

163,414,421
Factor Arrows
179,612,613
Factor Arrows
19505,927

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:

17, 19, 505927

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 17 x 19 x 505,927 = 163,414,421

This can also be written as 171 x 191 x 505,9271 = 163,414,421

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


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