Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Prime Numbers and Factorization

A prime number is a natural number that possesses exactly 2 different factors. These factors include 1 and itself. This rule makes the smallest prime number 2.

Prime Factorization: writing a number as its unique product of prime factors. Click here to see an example of how this is done using a factor tree.

PRIME FACTORIZATION TREE:

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