Q: What are the prime factors of the number 712,206?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 109

Why are those the prime factors of the number 712,206?

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 712,206

712,206
Factor Arrows
2356,103
Factor Arrows
3118,701
Factor Arrows
339,567
Factor Arrows
313,189
Factor Arrows
111,199
Factor Arrows
11109

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, 11, 109

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 11 x 11 x 109 = 712,206

This can also be written as 21 x 33 x 112 x 1091 = 712,206

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


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