Q: What are the prime factors of the number 194,467,224?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 173, 6691

Why are those the prime factors of the number 194,467,224?

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 194,467,224

194,467,224
Factor Arrows
297,233,612
Factor Arrows
248,616,806
Factor Arrows
224,308,403
Factor Arrows
38,102,801
Factor Arrows
71,157,543
Factor Arrows
1736,691

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, 7, 173, 6691

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 173 x 6,691 = 194,467,224

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 71 x 1731 x 6,6911 = 194,467,224

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


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