A composite number expressed as a product of prime factors. For example: 36 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
The prime factorization of a number is the expression of that number as a product of its prime factors.
A representation of a number as the product of its prime factors.
A number written as the product of prime numbers. 30 = 2 x 3 x 5
A whole number expressed as a product of prime factors. For example, the prime factorization of 24 is 2 *** A number has only one prime factorization (except for the order in which the factors are written).
A way to show a number as the product of prime factors. The prime factorization of 12 is 2x2x3.
An expansion of a product of primes, used to find common factors and to help simplify fractions.