Question

What do you mean by prime factorization?

• A. Writing a number as a product of any other numbers.
• B. Writing a number as a product of only prime factors.
• C. Writing a number as a sum of only prime factors.
• D. Writing a number as a sum of any other numbers.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Writing a number as a product of only prime factors.

Prime factorization is finding the factors of a number that are all prime.

Eg:- 12 = 2 × 2 × 3

36 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 etc.