Q: What are the prime factors of the number 224,013,120?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 233347

Why are those the prime factors of the number 224,013,120?

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 224,013,120

224,013,120
Factor Arrows
2112,006,560
Factor Arrows
256,003,280
Factor Arrows
228,001,640
Factor Arrows
214,000,820
Factor Arrows
27,000,410
Factor Arrows
23,500,205
Factor Arrows
31,166,735
Factor Arrows
5233,347

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, 5, 233347

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 3 x 5 x 233,347 = 224,013,120

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 51 x 233,3471 = 224,013,120

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


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