Thursday, October 29, 2009

Prime factorization

Prime factorization - writing a composite number as a product of primes.

Prime number - a whole number greater than 1 that has exactly two factors.

Composite number - a whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.

To find the prime factorization of a number take than number and make a factor tree. Find the prime factors of that number using a factor tree. Write out the multiplication of those prime factors.

-Mr. Unkert

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