what is prime factorization?

Sagot :

a prime factorization is like a tree like this ^_^
         36
        /   \
   6x6      4x9
  /    \         /   \                                                                                                3x2 2x3    2x2  
answer: 2     2
           3 x 2

A prime factorization is a determination of a set of prime numbers which multiply together.