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Prime factors are just going to be the lowest factors that go into that number. Often times they repeat.

I'll bold the factors we come up with as we go.


108 is an even number so start by dividing it by 2:108 / 2 = 54


54 is also even:

54 / 2 = 27


27 is divisible by 9, which means it is also divisible by 3:

27 / 3 = 9


9 is divisible by 3:

9 / 3 = 3


We are left with the remaining prime factor, 3:


Gather all the prime factors:

2, 2, 3, 3, 3


Take the product of them:

2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 108


Most of the time, you would express this with powers, although both answers are legit.:

22x 33= 108


The answer is 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 22x 33= 108

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