What is the prime factorization for the number 88?

Answer 1

An easy way to find the prime factorization of a number is to find the lowest Prime number that is a divisor of that number, and perform a division. By repeating this process, you collect the prime factorization of your original number. For example:

88 is divisible by 2, which is the lowest prime number we can divide it by.

88/2 = 44

44 is divisble by 2 again

44 / 2 = 22

22 is STILL divisible by 2

22 / 2 = 11

and now we have the number 11, which is prime so we stop.

Our prime factorization is therefore three 2's and an 11:

2, 2, 2, 11