Why are those the prime factors of the number 188,172,072?
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 188,172,072
| 188,172,072 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 94,086,036 | ||||||||
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| 2 | 47,043,018 | ||||||||
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| 2 | 23,521,509 | ||||||||
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| 3 | 7,840,503 | ||||||||
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| 3 | 2,613,501 | ||||||||
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| 3 | 871,167 | ||||||||
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| 3 | 290,389 | ||||||||
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| 11 | 26,399 |
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, 11, 26399
We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 11 x 26,399 = 188,172,072
This can also be written as 23 x 34 x 111 x 26,3991 = 188,172,072
If you would like to know more, or need additional explanation, please review our prime factorization explanation.
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