Q: What are the prime factors of the number 1,133,307?

 A: 3, 7, 17989

Why are those the prime factors of the number 1,133,307?

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 1,133,307

1,133,307
Factor Arrows
3377,769
Factor Arrows
3125,923
Factor Arrows
717,989

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, 7, 17989

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 7 x 17,989 = 1,133,307

This can also be written as 32 x 71 x 17,9891 = 1,133,307

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


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