Question

Write the prime factorization of 24. Order the factors from least to greatest ( for example, 2 x 2 x 3 x 5)

Answer 1

What are the factors of 24?

What are factors?

A factor is a number or digit that a number is divisible by.

24 is divisible by

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 24.

Now, what about prime factors? Prime numbers are only divisible by 1 and themselves.

Thus, the prime factorization of 24 is

2*2*2*3

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Answer 2

2×2×2×3

Explanation:

`24 = 8 * 3 \\ factorize8 \\ 8 = 2 * 2 * 2 \\ therefore \: the \: prime \: \\ factrization \\ \: is \\ \: 24 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3`

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