Q: What are the prime factors of the number 107,577?

 A: 3, 11953

Why are those the prime factors of the number 107,577?

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 107,577

107,577
Factor Arrows
335,859
Factor Arrows
311,953

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:

3, 11953

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 11,953 = 107,577

This can also be written as 32 x 11,9531 = 107,577

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


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