Prime Factorization

Prime Numbers

A Prime Number can be divided evenly only by 1 or itself.
And it must be a whole number greater than 1. The first few prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, and 17 ...,

Factors
"Factors" are the numbers you multiply together to get another number:

Prime Factorization
"Prime Factorization" is finding which prime numbers multiply together to make the original number.

Another way to approach the task is to choose ANY pair of factors and split these factors until all the factors are prime:

To shorten prime factorization, numbers are often expressed in powers, so