Q: What are the prime factors of the number 201,160,704?

 A: 2, 3, 29, 1129

Why are those the prime factors of the number 201,160,704?

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 201,160,704

201,160,704
Factor Arrows
2100,580,352
Factor Arrows
250,290,176
Factor Arrows
225,145,088
Factor Arrows
212,572,544
Factor Arrows
26,286,272
Factor Arrows
23,143,136
Factor Arrows
21,571,568
Factor Arrows
2785,784
Factor Arrows
2392,892
Factor Arrows
2196,446
Factor Arrows
298,223
Factor Arrows
332,741
Factor Arrows
291,129

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, 29, 1129

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 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 29 x 1,129 = 201,160,704

This can also be written as 211 x 31 x 291 x 1,1291 = 201,160,704

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


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