Q: What are the prime factors of the number 766,064?

 A: 2, 13, 29, 127

Why are those the prime factors of the number 766,064?

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 766,064

766,064
Factor Arrows
2383,032
Factor Arrows
2191,516
Factor Arrows
295,758
Factor Arrows
247,879
Factor Arrows
133,683
Factor Arrows
29127

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, 29, 127

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 13 x 29 x 127 = 766,064

This can also be written as 24 x 131 x 291 x 1271 = 766,064

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


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