Q: What are the prime factors of the number 716,160?

 A: 2, 3, 5, 373

Why are those the prime factors of the number 716,160?

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 716,160

716,160
Factor Arrows
2358,080
Factor Arrows
2179,040
Factor Arrows
289,520
Factor Arrows
244,760
Factor Arrows
222,380
Factor Arrows
211,190
Factor Arrows
25,595
Factor Arrows
31,865
Factor Arrows
5373

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, 5, 373

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 373 = 716,160

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 51 x 3731 = 716,160

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


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