Mastering Prime Factorization and Factor Trees

Susie introduces prime factorization, explaining it as writing a composite number as the product of its prime factors. She provides examples and non-examples, demonstrating the use of factor trees to find prime factors. The video concludes with practice problems and a vocabulary review, ensuring students understand key concepts like composite numbers, prime numbers, and factor trees.

What are the first six prime numbers?

Describe the process of creating a factor tree for the number 60.

What is the prime factorization of the number 88?

Differentiate between prime numbers and composite numbers.