Q: What are the prime factors of the number 750,288?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 11, 29

Why are those the prime factors of the number 750,288?

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 750,288

750,288
Factor Arrows
2375,144
Factor Arrows
2187,572
Factor Arrows
293,786
Factor Arrows
246,893
Factor Arrows
315,631
Factor Arrows
72,233
Factor Arrows
7319
Factor Arrows
1129

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, 7, 11, 29

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 7 x 11 x 29 = 750,288

This can also be written as 24 x 31 x 72 x 111 x 291 = 750,288

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


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