Activity 4.2 Searching for Patterns of Factors. = 144 _actviry 4.2 Searching for Patterns of Factors — FYI Ui Topics in the Student Resource Handbook 4.1 Prime and Composite Numbers 4.2 Prime Factorization and Tree Diagrams ‘Complete this grid to show the factors of each number from 1 through 50. What patterns do you see in the grid? Factors of the Numbers [a ee ate ea is x, i Buta aaa eo pea a tants sa sae ea ‘NumbersChapter & Number Theory Numbers that have exactly two factors are known as prime numbers. Except for the number I, numbers that are not prime are called composite numbers and can always be bro- ken down into a product that consists entirely of prime numbers. This product i the prime facto: known as ation of the number. For example, the prime factorization of 6 is 2 X 3, and the prime factorization of 60 is 2x 2 x 3 x 5. Complete the table below. Number List of all factors # of factors prime or prime factorization 2 1,2 2 prime 1,2 2 prime 12,4 3 2x2 i 12 4 Is 16 18 19 20 2 22 24 25 Copyright © 2002 by Prentice-Hall ne.