Q: What are the prime factors of the number 883,328?

 A: 2, 67, 103

Why are those the prime factors of the number 883,328?

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 883,328

883,328
Factor Arrows
2441,664
Factor Arrows
2220,832
Factor Arrows
2110,416
Factor Arrows
255,208
Factor Arrows
227,604
Factor Arrows
213,802
Factor Arrows
26,901
Factor Arrows
67103

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, 67, 103

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 2 x 67 x 103 = 883,328

This can also be written as 27 x 671 x 1031 = 883,328

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


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