Q: What are the prime factors of the number 3,173,344?

 A: 2, 131, 757

Why are those the prime factors of the number 3,173,344?

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 3,173,344

3,173,344
Factor Arrows
21,586,672
Factor Arrows
2793,336
Factor Arrows
2396,668
Factor Arrows
2198,334
Factor Arrows
299,167
Factor Arrows
131757

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, 131, 757

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 131 x 757 = 3,173,344

This can also be written as 25 x 1311 x 7571 = 3,173,344

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


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