Q: What are the prime factors of the number 187,744?

 A: 2, 5867

Why are those the prime factors of the number 187,744?

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 187,744

187,744
Factor Arrows
293,872
Factor Arrows
246,936
Factor Arrows
223,468
Factor Arrows
211,734
Factor Arrows
25,867

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, 5867

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5,867 = 187,744

This can also be written as 25 x 5,8671 = 187,744

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


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