Q: What are the prime factors of the number 663,376?

 A: 2, 7, 5923

Why are those the prime factors of the number 663,376?

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 663,376

663,376
Factor Arrows
2331,688
Factor Arrows
2165,844
Factor Arrows
282,922
Factor Arrows
241,461
Factor Arrows
75,923

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, 5923

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 5,923 = 663,376

This can also be written as 24 x 71 x 5,9231 = 663,376

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


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