Question

Prime factorization of $232$

Answer 1

Prime factorization of $232$.

A prime number is one that only has two factors: one and the number itself.
Finding which prime numbers multiply to produce the original number is known as "prime factorization."

$\begin{array}{rcl}232& =& 2\times 116\\ & =& 2\times 2\times 58\\ & =& 2\times 2\times 2\times 29\\ & =& 2^3\times 29\end{array}$

Hence, the prime factorization of $232$ is $2^3\times$ $29$.