Q: What are the prime factors of the number 570,944?

 A: 2, 11, 811

Why are those the prime factors of the number 570,944?

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 570,944

570,944
Factor Arrows
2285,472
Factor Arrows
2142,736
Factor Arrows
271,368
Factor Arrows
235,684
Factor Arrows
217,842
Factor Arrows
28,921
Factor Arrows
11811

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, 11, 811

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 11 x 811 = 570,944

This can also be written as 26 x 111 x 8111 = 570,944

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


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