Prime Factorization and Exponents

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What is prime factorization?

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Prime factorization is the process of expressing a number as the product of its prime factors.

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What are prime numbers?

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Prime numbers are natural numbers greater than 1 that have no positive divisors other than 1 and themselves.

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What is an exponent?

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An exponent is a number that shows how many times a base is multiplied by itself.

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What does 2^4 equal?

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16

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What does 2^2 x 5^2 equal?

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100

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What is the exponential form of 3 x 3 x 3 x 3?

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3^4

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Which is bigger: 5^2 or 2^5?

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2^5 (which equals 32) is bigger than 5^2 (which equals 25).

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Find the prime factorization of 24.

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2^3 x 3

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What is the value of 3^3?

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27

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What is the value of 5^0?

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1 (Any number raised to the power of 0 is 1.)