Question

What is 36 as a product of its own prime factors

Write the prime factors in order from smallest to largest

Answer 1

The prime factorization of 36 is 2 * 2 * 3 * 3. Written in order from smallest to largest, the prime factors of 36 are 2, 2, 3, and 3.

Answer 2

The answer is:

⇨ 2 × 2 × 3 × 3

Work/explanation:

The factors of 36 are:

4 × 9

But, these are not prime factors so we break them down even more :

2 × 2 × 3 × 3

This is how we write 36 as a product of its prime factors.

We could also use 6 × 6, then:

2 × 3

2 × 3

2 × 3 × 2 × 3

Rearrange from smallest to largest:

2 × 2 × 3 × 3

Once again we get the same answer.

Hence, that's the right answer.