Q: What are the prime factors of the number 40,124,130?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 59, 22669

Why are those the prime factors of the number 40,124,130?

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 40,124,130

40,124,130
Factor Arrows
220,062,065
Factor Arrows
36,687,355
Factor Arrows
51,337,471
Factor Arrows
5922,669

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, 59, 22669

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 5 x 59 x 22,669 = 40,124,130

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 51 x 591 x 22,6691 = 40,124,130

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


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