Q: What are the prime factors of the number 659,300?

 A: 2, 5, 19, 347

Why are those the prime factors of the number 659,300?

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 659,300

659,300
Factor Arrows
2329,650
Factor Arrows
2164,825
Factor Arrows
532,965
Factor Arrows
56,593
Factor Arrows
19347

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, 5, 19, 347

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 19 x 347 = 659,300

This can also be written as 22 x 52 x 191 x 3471 = 659,300

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


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