Q: What are the prime factors of the number 203,520,213?

 A: 3, 13, 137, 12697

Why are those the prime factors of the number 203,520,213?

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 203,520,213

203,520,213
Factor Arrows
367,840,071
Factor Arrows
322,613,357
Factor Arrows
131,739,489
Factor Arrows
13712,697

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:

3, 13, 137, 12697

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 13 x 137 x 12,697 = 203,520,213

This can also be written as 32 x 131 x 1371 x 12,6971 = 203,520,213

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


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