What is a prime factorizton of 96?

Answer 1

To find the prime factorization of a number, you can start with any of its factor pairs and keep factoring the composite factors until all factors are prime.

96:

2 x 48

2 x 2 x 24

2 x 2 x 2 x 12

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 6

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 96