All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers, some are composite numbers, one is neither. When finding the factors of a number, you find all the factors. The prime factorization is a multiplication string of just prime factors that will total the given number.
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)How is finding the factors of a number different from finding the prime factorization of a number?
30,030 Factorization: 2x3x5x7x11x13
Prime factorization is the finding which prime number multiply to get to make the original number. 44: 1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44 Prime Factors: 2, 11 Prime Factorization: 2 x 2 x 11
Prime Factorization is finding which prime numbers multiply together to make the original number.
The prime factorization.
Prime factorization is the finding which prime number multiply to get to make the original number. 57: 1, 3, 19, 57 Prime Factors: 3, 19 3 x 19 = 57