Q: What are the prime factors of the number 905,088?

 A: 2, 3, 2357

Why are those the prime factors of the number 905,088?

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 905,088

905,088
Factor Arrows
2452,544
Factor Arrows
2226,272
Factor Arrows
2113,136
Factor Arrows
256,568
Factor Arrows
228,284
Factor Arrows
214,142
Factor Arrows
27,071
Factor Arrows
32,357

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, 2357

We can check our work by multiplying all of the prime factors together: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 2,357 = 905,088

This can also be written as 27 x 31 x 2,3571 = 905,088

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


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