Q: What are the prime factors of the number 4,856,274?

 A: 2, 3, 31, 967

Why are those the prime factors of the number 4,856,274?

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 4,856,274

4,856,274
Factor Arrows
22,428,137
Factor Arrows
3809,379
Factor Arrows
3269,793
Factor Arrows
389,931
Factor Arrows
329,977
Factor Arrows
31967

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, 31, 967

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 31 x 967 = 4,856,274

This can also be written as 21 x 34 x 311 x 9671 = 4,856,274

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


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