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What is the largest prime factor of 8888888899999999?


The answer is 52291.

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3 solutions

Kevin Tong
Nov 24, 2017

The number 8888888899999999 8888888899999999 consists of 8 8 s 8 \textrm{ }8s and 8 9 s 8 \textrm{ } 9s , making it divisible by 11 11 based on the divisibility rule. This results in 808080809090909 = 1010101 9 + 1010101 8 1 0 8 = 1010101 ( 9 + 8000000000 ) = ( 101 ( 1 + 1 0 4 ) ( 8000000009 ) = 101 10001 8000000009 808080809090909=1010101\cdot 9 + 1010101\cdot 8 \cdot 10^8=1010101\cdot (9+8000000000)=(101 \cdot (1+10^4) \cdot (8000000009) = 101 \cdot 10001 \cdot 8000000009 From there, I wrote a program to find the prime factors of the remaining terms and got 10001 = 73 137 10001=73\cdot 137 and 8000000009 = 15299 52291 8000000009=15299\cdot 52291 . In these prime factors, 52291 52291 is the biggest, thus, the answer is 52291 52291

Munem Shahriar
Nov 24, 2017

Prime factorization of 8888888899999999 is:

11 × 73 × 101 × 137 × 15299 × 52291 11 \times 73 \times 101 \times 137 \times 15299 \times 52291

Largest prime factor is 52291 \boxed{52291}

Zee Ell
Nov 24, 2017

8888888899999999 = 11111111 × 800000009 = 8888888899999999 = 11111111 × 800000009 =

= ( 11 × 73 × 101 × 137 ) × ( 15299 × 52291 ) = ( 11×73×101×137 ) × (15299 × 52291)

Hence, our answer should be:

52291 \boxed {52291}

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