Find the Prime Factorization 72

$72$

Step 1

$72$ has factors of $2$ and $36$ .

$2 \cdot 36$

Step 2

$36$ has factors of $2$ and $18$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 18$

Step 3

$18$ has factors of $2$ and $9$ .

$2 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot 9$

Step 4

$9$ has factors of $3$ and $3$ .

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