Q: What are the prime factors of the number 901,596?

 A: 2, 3, 75133

Why are those the prime factors of the number 901,596?

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 901,596

901,596
Factor Arrows
2450,798
Factor Arrows
2225,399
Factor Arrows
375,133

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, 75133

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 75,133 = 901,596

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 75,1331 = 901,596

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


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