Q: What are the prime factors of the number 790,336?

 A: 2, 53, 233

Why are those the prime factors of the number 790,336?

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 790,336

790,336
Factor Arrows
2395,168
Factor Arrows
2197,584
Factor Arrows
298,792
Factor Arrows
249,396
Factor Arrows
224,698
Factor Arrows
212,349
Factor Arrows
53233

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, 53, 233

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 53 x 233 = 790,336

This can also be written as 26 x 531 x 2331 = 790,336

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


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