document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=580624>Question 580624</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Prime factors for Mathematics have been likened to atoms in the study of matter.  By comparison, discuss the importance of this. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Just as atoms are the \"fundamental\" building blocks of matter, so too are prime factors the building blocks of all real numbers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are the smallest integer factors that any given number can be reduced to. </SPAN>\n" );
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