Q: What are the prime factors of the number 241,133,120?

 A: 2, 5, 359, 2099

Why are those the prime factors of the number 241,133,120?

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 241,133,120

241,133,120
Factor Arrows
2120,566,560
Factor Arrows
260,283,280
Factor Arrows
230,141,640
Factor Arrows
215,070,820
Factor Arrows
27,535,410
Factor Arrows
23,767,705
Factor Arrows
5753,541
Factor Arrows
3592,099

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, 5, 359, 2099

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 5 x 359 x 2,099 = 241,133,120

This can also be written as 26 x 51 x 3591 x 2,0991 = 241,133,120

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


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