Find the Prime Factorization 48

$48$

Step 1

$48$ has factors of $2$ and $24$ .

$2 \cdot 24$

Step 2

$24$ has factors of $2$ and $12$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 12$

Step 3

$12$ has factors of $2$ and $6$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 6$

Step 4

$6$ has factors of $2$ and $3$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 3$