Q: What are the prime factors of the number 997,893?

 A: 3, 13, 2843

Why are those the prime factors of the number 997,893?

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 997,893

997,893
Factor Arrows
3332,631
Factor Arrows
3110,877
Factor Arrows
336,959
Factor Arrows
132,843

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:

3, 13, 2843

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 2,843 = 997,893

This can also be written as 33 x 131 x 2,8431 = 997,893

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


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