Q: What are the prime factors of the number 833,139?

 A: 3, 59, 523

Why are those the prime factors of the number 833,139?

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 833,139

833,139
Factor Arrows
3277,713
Factor Arrows
392,571
Factor Arrows
330,857
Factor Arrows
59523

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:

3, 59, 523

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 59 x 523 = 833,139

This can also be written as 33 x 591 x 5231 = 833,139

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


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