Question

Give the prime factorization of following number:
$136$

Answer 1

We will use the division method as shown below:

$\begin{array}{cc}2& 136\\ 2& 68\\ 2& 34\\ 17& 17\\ & 1\end{array}$

$\therefore$ $136=2\times 2\times 2\times 17$
$=2^3\times 17$