Q: What are the prime factors of the number 1,293,504?

 A: 2, 3, 6737

Why are those the prime factors of the number 1,293,504?

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 1,293,504

1,293,504
Factor Arrows
2646,752
Factor Arrows
2323,376
Factor Arrows
2161,688
Factor Arrows
280,844
Factor Arrows
240,422
Factor Arrows
220,211
Factor Arrows
36,737

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, 6737

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 3 x 6,737 = 1,293,504

This can also be written as 26 x 31 x 6,7371 = 1,293,504

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


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