Prime Factor (Noun)
Meaning
The prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The prime factors of the number 24 are 2 and 3.
- In number theory, finding the prime factors of a large number is often a difficult problem.
- A prime factor of a composite number is one of its prime divisors.
- To determine if a number is prime, one needs to show that it has no prime factors other than 1 and itself.
- Every integer greater than one either is prime itself or can be factorized as a product of prime factors in a unique way.