Q: What are the prime factors of the number 711,871,771?

 A: 13, 617, 6827

Why are those the prime factors of the number 711,871,771?

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 711,871,771

711,871,771
Factor Arrows
1354,759,367
Factor Arrows
134,212,259
Factor Arrows
6176,827

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:

13, 617, 6827

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 13 x 13 x 617 x 6,827 = 711,871,771

This can also be written as 132 x 6171 x 6,8271 = 711,871,771

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


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