document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=105805>Question 105805</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you figure out the prime factorization of a number and what exactly does that mean. These are the numbers I need to find the prime factorization of.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16, 35, 50, 144, 136, 90, 320. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "16, 35, 50, 144, 136, 90, 320.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide as many times as you can by the smallest prime, which is 2, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the next smallest, which is 3, then the next, which is 5, then 7, then 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "etc.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16^2^4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35= 5*7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 = 2*5^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "144 = 2^4*3^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 = 2*3^2*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "320 = 2^6*5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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