Q: What are the prime factors of the number 112,010,112?

 A: 2, 3, 97231

Why are those the prime factors of the number 112,010,112?

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 112,010,112

112,010,112
Factor Arrows
256,005,056
Factor Arrows
228,002,528
Factor Arrows
214,001,264
Factor Arrows
27,000,632
Factor Arrows
23,500,316
Factor Arrows
21,750,158
Factor Arrows
2875,079
Factor Arrows
3291,693
Factor Arrows
397,231

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, 97231

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 2 x 3 x 3 x 97,231 = 112,010,112

This can also be written as 27 x 32 x 97,2311 = 112,010,112

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


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