Q: What are the prime factors of the number 755,440?

 A: 2, 5, 7, 19, 71

Why are those the prime factors of the number 755,440?

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 755,440

755,440
Factor Arrows
2377,720
Factor Arrows
2188,860
Factor Arrows
294,430
Factor Arrows
247,215
Factor Arrows
59,443
Factor Arrows
71,349
Factor Arrows
1971

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, 5, 7, 19, 71

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 19 x 71 = 755,440

This can also be written as 24 x 51 x 71 x 191 x 711 = 755,440

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


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