Q: What are the prime factors of the number 706,084,072?

 A: 2, 359, 245851

Why are those the prime factors of the number 706,084,072?

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 706,084,072

706,084,072
Factor Arrows
2353,042,036
Factor Arrows
2176,521,018
Factor Arrows
288,260,509
Factor Arrows
359245,851

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, 359, 245851

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 359 x 245,851 = 706,084,072

This can also be written as 23 x 3591 x 245,8511 = 706,084,072

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


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