Q: What are the prime factors of the number 222,406,155?

 A: 3, 5, 17, 32303

Why are those the prime factors of the number 222,406,155?

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 222,406,155

222,406,155
Factor Arrows
374,135,385
Factor Arrows
324,711,795
Factor Arrows
38,237,265
Factor Arrows
32,745,755
Factor Arrows
5549,151
Factor Arrows
1732,303

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, 5, 17, 32303

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 17 x 32,303 = 222,406,155

This can also be written as 34 x 51 x 171 x 32,3031 = 222,406,155

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


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