How do you find the prime factorization for a number using exponents?

Answer 1

lets say we are finding the factorization of 96, 96 is divisible by 3 which makes 32, 32 is divisible by 2 which makes 16, 16 is divisible by 2 which makes 8, 8 is divisible by 2 which makes 4, 4 is divisible by 2 which makes 2. Now lets get all the BOLD numbers which is : 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2. There is 1 three so make it 31 and there are 5 twos, so write it 25 Now we make it together which is 31 x 25 . So the end product is 3 x 25.