Q: What are the prime factors of the number 271,566?

 A: 2, 3, 47, 107

Why are those the prime factors of the number 271,566?

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 271,566

271,566
Factor Arrows
2135,783
Factor Arrows
345,261
Factor Arrows
315,087
Factor Arrows
35,029
Factor Arrows
47107

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, 47, 107

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 47 x 107 = 271,566

This can also be written as 21 x 33 x 471 x 1071 = 271,566

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


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