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How Do You Find the Prime Factorization of a Number Using a Tree? Instructional VideoHow Do You Find the Prime Factorization of a Number Using a Tree? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find the Prime Factorization of a Number Using a Tree?

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A factor tree? What's a factor tree? A tree of factors? A factor tree is a method use to do the prime factorization of an integer. It's not complicated. Watch the teacher as she explains the steps and shows how to write the answer as a multiplication of prime factors.

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factor trees, factoring, factoring numbers, integers, prime factors, prime numbers

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prime factorization, factor tree, prime numbers, integer, math
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
2:33
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