Q: What are the prime factors of the number 224,241,129?

 A: 3, 7, 43943

Why are those the prime factors of the number 224,241,129?

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 224,241,129

224,241,129
Factor Arrows
374,747,043
Factor Arrows
324,915,681
Factor Arrows
38,305,227
Factor Arrows
32,768,409
Factor Arrows
3922,803
Factor Arrows
3307,601
Factor Arrows
743,943

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, 7, 43943

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 43,943 = 224,241,129

This can also be written as 36 x 71 x 43,9431 = 224,241,129

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


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