Q: What are the prime factors of the number 200,824?

 A: 2, 13, 1931

Why are those the prime factors of the number 200,824?

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 200,824

200,824
Factor Arrows
2100,412
Factor Arrows
250,206
Factor Arrows
225,103
Factor Arrows
131,931

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, 13, 1931

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 1,931 = 200,824

This can also be written as 23 x 131 x 1,9311 = 200,824

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


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