Step-By-Step Guide for Prime Factorization  of 36

BY Team Aakash Byju's

Prime Factorization Definition: Expressing a number as the product of prime numbers is called ‘Prime Factorization’.

Prime Factorization of 36 by Division Method

Step1:

Divide the number 36 by the smallest prime number ‘2’.

Step2:

Divide 18 (quotient) by the smallest prime number with ‘2’ again.

Step3:

Now, divide 9 (quotient) by the smallest prime number with ‘3’.

Step4:

Continuation: Step 3 should be repeated until the quotient equals one.

Step5:

Finally, multiply all the prime divisors.

Hope you got it right! Now practice again.