Q: What are the prime factors of the number 474,026?

 A: 2, 7, 691

Why are those the prime factors of the number 474,026?

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 474,026

474,026
Factor Arrows
2237,013
Factor Arrows
733,859
Factor Arrows
74,837
Factor Arrows
7691

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, 691

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 691 = 474,026

This can also be written as 21 x 73 x 6911 = 474,026

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


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