Q: What are the prime factors of the number 201,669,952?

 A: 2, 11, 19, 15077

Why are those the prime factors of the number 201,669,952?

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 201,669,952

201,669,952
Factor Arrows
2100,834,976
Factor Arrows
250,417,488
Factor Arrows
225,208,744
Factor Arrows
212,604,372
Factor Arrows
26,302,186
Factor Arrows
23,151,093
Factor Arrows
11286,463
Factor Arrows
1915,077

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, 19, 15077

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 11 x 19 x 15,077 = 201,669,952

This can also be written as 26 x 111 x 191 x 15,0771 = 201,669,952

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


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