Q: What are the prime factors of the number 87,044,375?

 A: 5, 11, 1151

Why are those the prime factors of the number 87,044,375?

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 87,044,375

87,044,375
Factor Arrows
517,408,875
Factor Arrows
53,481,775
Factor Arrows
5696,355
Factor Arrows
5139,271
Factor Arrows
1112,661
Factor Arrows
111,151

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:

5, 11, 1151

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 11 x 11 x 1,151 = 87,044,375

This can also be written as 54 x 112 x 1,1511 = 87,044,375

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


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