Q: What are the prime factors of the number 402,927?

 A: 3, 7, 2741

Why are those the prime factors of the number 402,927?

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 402,927

402,927
Factor Arrows
3134,309
Factor Arrows
719,187
Factor Arrows
72,741

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, 7, 2741

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 3 x 7 x 7 x 2,741 = 402,927

This can also be written as 31 x 72 x 2,7411 = 402,927

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


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