Q: What are the prime factors of the number 746,512?

 A: 2, 13, 37, 97

Why are those the prime factors of the number 746,512?

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 746,512

746,512
Factor Arrows
2373,256
Factor Arrows
2186,628
Factor Arrows
293,314
Factor Arrows
246,657
Factor Arrows
133,589
Factor Arrows
3797

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, 13, 37, 97

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 37 x 97 = 746,512

This can also be written as 24 x 131 x 371 x 971 = 746,512

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


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