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FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF
ARITHMETIC
Any whole number greater than one is either a prime number or can be written as a product of prime numbers in a unique way.
EXAMPLES: 2 = a prime number
3 = a prime number
4=2x2
5 = a prime number
6=2x3
7 = a prime number
8=2x2x2
9=3x3
10 = 2 x 5
Now try to work out 11 to 20
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What is this guy
talking about?
Prime Factorisation:
to write a number as a
product of its prime
factors.
Well, I don’t know
about you, but I’m in
my prime!