Q: What are the prime factors of the number 134,739?

 A: 3, 11, 1361

Why are those the prime factors of the number 134,739?

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 134,739

134,739
Factor Arrows
344,913
Factor Arrows
314,971
Factor Arrows
111,361

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, 11, 1361

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 3 x 11 x 1,361 = 134,739

This can also be written as 32 x 111 x 1,3611 = 134,739

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


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