Q: What are the prime factors of the number 41,100,000?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 137

Why are those the prime factors of the number 41,100,000?

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 41,100,000

41,100,000
Factor Arrows
220,550,000
Factor Arrows
210,275,000
Factor Arrows
25,137,500
Factor Arrows
22,568,750
Factor Arrows
21,284,375
Factor Arrows
3428,125
Factor Arrows
585,625
Factor Arrows
517,125
Factor Arrows
53,425
Factor Arrows
5685
Factor Arrows
5137

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, 137

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 137 = 41,100,000

This can also be written as 25 x 31 x 55 x 1371 = 41,100,000

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


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