Q: What are the prime factors of the number 343,882?

 A: 2, 7, 11, 29

Why are those the prime factors of the number 343,882?

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 343,882

343,882
Factor Arrows
2171,941
Factor Arrows
724,563
Factor Arrows
73,509
Factor Arrows
11319
Factor Arrows
1129

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, 7, 11, 29

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 7 x 11 x 11 x 29 = 343,882

This can also be written as 21 x 72 x 112 x 291 = 343,882

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


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