Q: What are the prime factors of the number 930,599?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 930,599?

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 930,599

	930,599
419		2,221

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:

419, 2221

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 419 x 2,221 = 930,599

This can also be written as 419¹ x 2,221¹ = 930,599

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

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