All composite numbers can be expressed as unique products of prime numbers. This is accomplished by dividing the original number and its factors by prime numbers until all the factors are prime. A factor tree can help you visualize this.
Example: 210
210 Divide by two.
105,2 Divide by three.
35,3,2 Divide by five.
7,5,3,2 Stop. All the factors are prime.
2 x 3 x 5 x 7 = 210
That's the prime factorization of 210.
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Prime factorization never includes a composite number. All numbers in prime factorization must be prime numbers.
512 is a composite number. Its prime factorization is 29.
No, a composite number can't have more than one prime factorization.
Prime factorization is writing a composite number as a product of prime numbers.
It's not. It's the prime factorization of the composite number 8.