Q: What are the prime factors of the number 689,652?

 A: 2, 3, 19157

Why are those the prime factors of the number 689,652?

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 689,652

689,652
Factor Arrows
2344,826
Factor Arrows
2172,413
Factor Arrows
357,471
Factor Arrows
319,157

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, 19157

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 19,157 = 689,652

This can also be written as 22 x 32 x 19,1571 = 689,652

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


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