How is finding the factors of a number different from finding the prime factorization of a number

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Finding factors are just doing multiplication
Prime Factorization:
ex. 60
60= 30, 2
30 and 2 can be made this way:
30= 15, 2
2= 1, 2

Arok answered Sep 26, 2018

by Arok

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cause a prime number is a number that can only be divideed by itself like 19
factors are 0 2 4 6 8 10

MBoros answered Sep 28, 2018

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