Q: What are the prime factors of the number 172,840?

 A: 2, 5, 29, 149

Why are those the prime factors of the number 172,840?

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 172,840

172,840
Factor Arrows
286,420
Factor Arrows
243,210
Factor Arrows
221,605
Factor Arrows
54,321
Factor Arrows
29149

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, 5, 29, 149

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 29 x 149 = 172,840

This can also be written as 23 x 51 x 291 x 1491 = 172,840

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


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