Q: What are the prime factors of the number 456,846?

 A: 2, 3, 13, 5857

Why are those the prime factors of the number 456,846?

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 456,846

456,846
Factor Arrows
2228,423
Factor Arrows
376,141
Factor Arrows
135,857

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, 3, 13, 5857

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 13 x 5,857 = 456,846

This can also be written as 21 x 31 x 131 x 5,8571 = 456,846

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


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