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Is it a prime number? You can use the sieve of

Eratosthenes to decide.
14 61
15 93
16 83
17 183

Prime Factorization
Every composite number can be expressed as a product of prime
factors. Use a factor tree to find the prime factors.

Write the number.


Write any pair of factors.
 × 
Continue until all the
factors are prime.
× ×
Write the factors from
 =  ×  ×  × 
least to greatest.

Although the order of the factors may be different because you

can start with different pairs of factors, every factor tree for 40
has the same prime factorization. You can also write the prime
factorization using exponents.
40 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 = 2 3 × 5

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What is the prime factorization of each number?
18 30
19 80
20 120
21 110

Factors and Multiples 83