Q: What are the prime factors of the number 915,864?

 A: 2, 3, 31, 1231

Why are those the prime factors of the number 915,864?

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 915,864

915,864
Factor Arrows
2457,932
Factor Arrows
2228,966
Factor Arrows
2114,483
Factor Arrows
338,161
Factor Arrows
311,231

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, 31, 1231

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 31 x 1,231 = 915,864

This can also be written as 23 x 31 x 311 x 1,2311 = 915,864

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


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