Lesson #05 Prime Factorization

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Lesson #05
Prime Factorization
Prime means:
A # can only be divided by itself or 1
Example:
13 is prime cuz it’s only divisible evenly by 13 or 1
Factors:
Happen when you multiply #’s together.
2 x 3 = 6 … makes 2 and 3 factors of 6
When U multiply the answer is the PRODUCT
What does Product mean?
Answer to multiplication.
What does Factor mean?
#’s being multiplied together
Composite:
Has more than 2 factors.
Other #’s can go into it evenly
besides just itself & 1
A composite number can be written as the
product of prime numbers.
Prime Factorization
the product of prime numbers.
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Put in order:
48 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3
Or
48 = 24 x 3
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