Q: What are the prime factors of the number 200,012,032?

 A: 2, 11, 587

Why are those the prime factors of the number 200,012,032?

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 200,012,032

200,012,032
Factor Arrows
2100,006,016
Factor Arrows
250,003,008
Factor Arrows
225,001,504
Factor Arrows
212,500,752
Factor Arrows
26,250,376
Factor Arrows
23,125,188
Factor Arrows
21,562,594
Factor Arrows
2781,297
Factor Arrows
1171,027
Factor Arrows
116,457
Factor Arrows
11587

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, 11, 587

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 11 x 11 x 11 x 587 = 200,012,032

This can also be written as 28 x 113 x 5871 = 200,012,032

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


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