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1 Prime Factorization Basic Concepts

Basic Concepts Prime Factorization Creative math begins right here!
At the beginning of each lesson, Basic
A number that has 1 and itself as its only factors, such as 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, Concepts presents various examples and
called a prime number. figures to help you grasp the main idea of
To express a number as a product of prime numbers is called a p the day’s lesson. Work on example
factorization. A factor tree can be useful to write the prime factorization problems based on the basic concepts.
number. When using a factor tree, a number is divided into two numbers s Read the Class Notes that will guide you
that the product of these two numbers is the original number. Division is stop through the problems step by step.
when the last number of each branch becomes a prime number.

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42 64 12 10
22 2 32 2 2 62 5

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Type 1-1 Making a Square Number Types

A square number is a number multiplied by itself as shown below. This is where the main type of questions for
Example each topic is introduced. Follow the steps to
4 2 2 9 3 3 16 4 4 find the solution to each problem.

Find the smallest number for to make 36 40 a square
number.

1 Find the prime factorization of 36 and 40.

2 Write 36 40 as a multiplication of prime numbers.
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