Prime Factorisation method - The process of expressing a composite number as the product of prime factors is called prime factorisation.
This can be done in two ways.

1) Factor tree.

Factorize 100 using factor tree.
100 2 50 2 25 5 5 8 9 100 = 2x2x5x5

Exercise
1) Factorize the following numbers using factor tree method.
a) 175 .


b) 213


c) 238


d) 922


e) 1011


2)  Short Division Method.



Factorize 150 using short division method 150 2 75 5 15 5 3 150 = 2 ×5×5×3