Q: What are the prime factors of the number 816,024?

 A: 2, 3, 11, 281

Why are those the prime factors of the number 816,024?

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 816,024

816,024
Factor Arrows
2408,012
Factor Arrows
2204,006
Factor Arrows
2102,003
Factor Arrows
334,001
Factor Arrows
113,091
Factor Arrows
11281

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, 3, 11, 281

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 11 x 11 x 281 = 816,024

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 112 x 2811 = 816,024

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


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