Q: What are the prime factors of the number 8,056?

 A: 2, 19, 53

Why are those the prime factors of the number 8,056?

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 8,056

8,056
Factor Arrows
24,028
Factor Arrows
22,014
Factor Arrows
21,007
Factor Arrows
1953

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, 19, 53

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 19 x 53 = 8,056

This can also be written as 23 x 191 x 531 = 8,056

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


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