Q: What are the prime factors of the number 224,360,199?

 A: 3, 7, 131899

Why are those the prime factors of the number 224,360,199?

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 224,360,199

224,360,199
Factor Arrows
374,786,733
Factor Arrows
324,928,911
Factor Arrows
38,309,637
Factor Arrows
32,769,879
Factor Arrows
3923,293
Factor Arrows
7131,899

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, 131899

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 131,899 = 224,360,199

This can also be written as 35 x 71 x 131,8991 = 224,360,199

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


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