you divide a number by a prime number( 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29….) ((basically numbers that can only be divided by one and itself.)) then divide that number further using only prime numbers. for example. 1904. divide that by 2= 952. divide it further by 2. 476. again. 238. again. 119. cant divide that by 2,3 or 5 so now we go 7. 119/7=17. since 17 is a prime number, we can only divide it by itself. hence 1904= 2^4 x 7 x17

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