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.
A composite factor is a factor that is a composite number, as opposed to a prime factor which is a factor that is a prime number.
2 is a prime number because its only factors are one and itself. Since 2 is a prime number, if it is a factor of your number, it is a prime factor.
The purpose of a factor tree is to divide a number into prime factors. 1 is not a prime number.
13 is a prime number so the only factors are 1 and itself.
43 is a prime number. Its only prime factor is itself.
1789 is a prime number and is its only prime factor. Its other factor is 1.
All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. A prime factor is a factor that is a prime number. A common prime factor is a prime factor that appears on the list of factors of two or more given numbers.
Prime factors are factors that are prime. For example, 13 is a prime number and 13 is a factor of 26. So that means 13 is a prime factor.
A prime number has only one prime factor, and that prime factor is the number itself.
All numbers have factors. Some numbers have some of the same factors as other numbers. These are common factors. If the factor is a prime number, it is a common prime factor. 3 is a prime number. 3 is a factor of 9. 3 is a factor of 12. 3 is a common prime factor of 9 and 12.
A composite factor is a factor that is a composite number, as opposed to a prime factor which is a factor that is a prime number.
9 is not a prime factor, but it does have one prime factor, which is three. Prime factors are factors of a number that are prime.
Since every number has 1 as a factor, and 1 is not prime, then no number has only prime factors.
2 is a prime number because its only factors are one and itself. Since 2 is a prime number, if it is a factor of your number, it is a prime factor.
You factor the number into prime factors, dividing each prime out.
There are exactly two whole number factors of any prime number. The first factor is '1'. The other factor is the prime number itself.
5 is a prime number. Its only prime factor is itself.