Q: What are the prime factors of the number 225,020,160?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 17, 383

Why are those the prime factors of the number 225,020,160?

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 225,020,160

225,020,160
Factor Arrows
2112,510,080
Factor Arrows
256,255,040
Factor Arrows
228,127,520
Factor Arrows
214,063,760
Factor Arrows
27,031,880
Factor Arrows
23,515,940
Factor Arrows
21,757,970
Factor Arrows
2878,985
Factor Arrows
3292,995
Factor Arrows
397,665
Factor Arrows
332,555
Factor Arrows
56,511
Factor Arrows
17383

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, 17, 383

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 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 17 x 383 = 225,020,160

This can also be written as 28 x 33 x 51 x 171 x 3831 = 225,020,160

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


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