Question

meaning of prime factorization

Answer 1

A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 5 or 5 × 1, involve 5 itself. 

Answer 2

the process of splitting any number into its prime factors is known as prime factorization

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