Q: What are the prime factors of the number 516,952?

 A: 2, 19, 179

Why are those the prime factors of the number 516,952?

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 516,952

516,952
Factor Arrows
2258,476
Factor Arrows
2129,238
Factor Arrows
264,619
Factor Arrows
193,401
Factor Arrows
19179

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, 19, 179

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 19 x 19 x 179 = 516,952

This can also be written as 23 x 192 x 1791 = 516,952

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


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