Q: What are the prime factors of the number 522,046?

 A: 2, 7, 761

Why are those the prime factors of the number 522,046?

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 522,046

522,046
Factor Arrows
2261,023
Factor Arrows
737,289
Factor Arrows
75,327
Factor Arrows
7761

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, 761

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 761 = 522,046

This can also be written as 21 x 73 x 7611 = 522,046

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


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