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prime factor
[ prahym fak-ter ]
verb (used with or without object)
- Sometimes prime-factor to resolve (a number) into the prime numbers that are its factors:
This short video shows how to prime factor a number using a tree diagram.
adjective
- Sometimes prime-factor relating to or involving prime factors:
Write out the prime factor expansion for each of the following numbers.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- prime fac·to·rize ±è°ù¾±³¾±ð-´Ú²¹³¦Â·³Ù´Ç·°ù¾±³ú±ð verb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of prime factor1
Example Sentences
Quantum computers can be used to solve problems that even supercomputers can only solve after a very long time or not at all, such as breaking down large integers into prime factors.
The high cost of living is a prime factor in the ongoing exodus of many Californians, and also may help explain the relatively lackluster mood of people in the state.
It would happen through a bravura act of mathematics: the separation of some very large numbers, hundreds of digits long, into their prime factors.
As it turns out, interesting band includes about 95.2 percent of all square numbers and 99.7 percent of prime numbers, as well as 39 percent of numbers with many prime factors.
And now, the "prime factor" causing a bee crisis is climate change caused by global warming, Baysouni said.
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