Q: What are the prime factors of the number 424,216?

 A: 2, 13, 4079

Why are those the prime factors of the number 424,216?

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 424,216

424,216
Factor Arrows
2212,108
Factor Arrows
2106,054
Factor Arrows
253,027
Factor Arrows
134,079

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, 13, 4079

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 4,079 = 424,216

This can also be written as 23 x 131 x 4,0791 = 424,216

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


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