Q: What are the prime factors of the number 110,101,000?

 A: 2, 5, 23, 4787

Why are those the prime factors of the number 110,101,000?

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 110,101,000

110,101,000
Factor Arrows
255,050,500
Factor Arrows
227,525,250
Factor Arrows
213,762,625
Factor Arrows
52,752,525
Factor Arrows
5550,505
Factor Arrows
5110,101
Factor Arrows
234,787

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, 23, 4787

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 23 x 4,787 = 110,101,000

This can also be written as 23 x 53 x 231 x 4,7871 = 110,101,000

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


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