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Solved by pluggable solver: Factor any number

40 is NOT a prime number: 40 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 5

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document.write( "40 is divisible by 2: 40 = 20 * 2.\n" );
document.write( "20 is divisible by 2: 20 = 10 * 2.\n" );
document.write( "10 is divisible by 2: 10 = 5 * 2.\n" );
document.write( "5 is not divisible by anything.\n" );
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This calculation used this Prime Factorization Algorithm.

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So its prime factorization is $\"2%5E3%2A5\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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