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Is prime factorization and longest factor string the same thing?
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∙ 11y ago
Yes.
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What is a longest factor string?
The prime factorization is the longest factor sting.
What is the longest factor string you found?
The longest factor string of any composite number is its prime factorization.
How do you know you have the biggest factor string?
When all of the factors are prime. The longest factor string is the prime factorization.
What is the longest factor string of a number called?
The prime factorization
Is the prime factorization the same as the factor string?
Factor strings don't necessarily have to be composed entirely of prime numbers. But the longest factor string, the one that is entirely prime numbers, that's the prime factorization.
What are the longest factor string for 840 and explain why?
The longest factor string for 840 is its prime factorization because prime factors can't be broken down any further.
Why is the longest factor string for any whole number is the prime factorization?
Shorter factor strings aren't composed entirely of prime numbers.
What is the longest string of prime factors?
The prime factorization.
What is the longest prime factorization string for 239?
There is only one prime factorization string for each number, so there is not a "longest" one. Since 239 is a prime number, its prime factorization is 239.
The longest string of factors for a number?
The prime factorization.
What is the prime factorization longest factor string for 100?
2 x 2 x 5 x 5 = 100
What is the prime factorization the longest factor string for 40?
2 x 2 x 2 x 5 = 40
