Q: What are the prime factors of the number 699,824?

 A: 2, 191, 229

Why are those the prime factors of the number 699,824?

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 699,824

699,824
Factor Arrows
2349,912
Factor Arrows
2174,956
Factor Arrows
287,478
Factor Arrows
243,739
Factor Arrows
191229

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, 191, 229

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 191 x 229 = 699,824

This can also be written as 24 x 1911 x 2291 = 699,824

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


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