Q: What are the prime factors of the number 576,384?

 A: 2, 3, 19, 79

Why are those the prime factors of the number 576,384?

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 576,384

576,384
Factor Arrows
2288,192
Factor Arrows
2144,096
Factor Arrows
272,048
Factor Arrows
236,024
Factor Arrows
218,012
Factor Arrows
29,006
Factor Arrows
24,503
Factor Arrows
31,501
Factor Arrows
1979

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, 19, 79

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 2 x 3 x 19 x 79 = 576,384

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 191 x 791 = 576,384

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


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