Q: What are the prime factors of the number 968,599?

Why are those the prime factors of the number 968,599?

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 968,599

	968,599
23		42,113
	23		1,831

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:

23, 1831

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 23 x 23 x 1,831 = 968,599

This can also be written as 23² x 1,831¹ = 968,599

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

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