Q: What are the prime factors of the number 734,448?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 13, 107

Why are those the prime factors of the number 734,448?

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 734,448

734,448
Factor Arrows
2367,224
Factor Arrows
2183,612
Factor Arrows
291,806
Factor Arrows
245,903
Factor Arrows
315,301
Factor Arrows
111,391
Factor Arrows
13107

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, 13, 107

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 11 x 13 x 107 = 734,448

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 111 x 131 x 1071 = 734,448

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


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