Q: What are the prime factors of the number 754,677?

 A: 3, 7, 11

Why are those the prime factors of the number 754,677?

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 754,677

754,677
Factor Arrows
3251,559
Factor Arrows
383,853
Factor Arrows
327,951
Factor Arrows
39,317
Factor Arrows
71,331
Factor Arrows
11121
Factor Arrows
1111

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:

3, 7, 11

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 11 x 11 x 11 = 754,677

This can also be written as 34 x 71 x 113 = 754,677

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


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