Q: What are the prime factors of the number 664,368?

 A: 2, 3, 13841

Why are those the prime factors of the number 664,368?

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 664,368

664,368
Factor Arrows
2332,184
Factor Arrows
2166,092
Factor Arrows
283,046
Factor Arrows
241,523
Factor Arrows
313,841

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, 13841

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 13,841 = 664,368

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 13,8411 = 664,368

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


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