Q: What are the prime factors of the number 225,024,120?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 61, 10247

Why are those the prime factors of the number 225,024,120?

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 225,024,120

225,024,120
Factor Arrows
2112,512,060
Factor Arrows
256,256,030
Factor Arrows
228,128,015
Factor Arrows
39,376,005
Factor Arrows
33,125,335
Factor Arrows
5625,067
Factor Arrows
6110,247

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, 61, 10247

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 61 x 10,247 = 225,024,120

This can also be written as 23 x 32 x 51 x 611 x 10,2471 = 225,024,120

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


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