Q: What are the prime factors of the number 476,336?

 A: 2, 7, 4253

Why are those the prime factors of the number 476,336?

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 476,336

476,336
Factor Arrows
2238,168
Factor Arrows
2119,084
Factor Arrows
259,542
Factor Arrows
229,771
Factor Arrows
74,253

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, 4253

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 4,253 = 476,336

This can also be written as 24 x 71 x 4,2531 = 476,336

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


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