Q: What are the prime factors of the number 954,996?

 A: 2, 3, 7, 11369

Why are those the prime factors of the number 954,996?

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 954,996

954,996
Factor Arrows
2477,498
Factor Arrows
2238,749
Factor Arrows
379,583
Factor Arrows
711,369

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, 7, 11369

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 11,369 = 954,996

This can also be written as 22 x 31 x 71 x 11,3691 = 954,996

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


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