Q: What are the prime factors of the number 3,591,297?

 A: 3, 14779

Why are those the prime factors of the number 3,591,297?

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 3,591,297

3,591,297
Factor Arrows
31,197,099
Factor Arrows
3399,033
Factor Arrows
3133,011
Factor Arrows
344,337
Factor Arrows
314,779

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:

3, 14779

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 14,779 = 3,591,297

This can also be written as 35 x 14,7791 = 3,591,297

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


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