Q: What are the prime factors of the number 4,088,266?

 A: 2, 7, 13, 3209

Why are those the prime factors of the number 4,088,266?

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 4,088,266

4,088,266
Factor Arrows
22,044,133
Factor Arrows
7292,019
Factor Arrows
741,717
Factor Arrows
133,209

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, 13, 3209

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 7 x 13 x 3,209 = 4,088,266

This can also be written as 21 x 72 x 131 x 3,2091 = 4,088,266

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


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