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prime factorisation

prime factorisation is the alternative spelling of prime factorization.

Meaning of prime factorization

Noun

prime factorization (plural prime factorizations)

  1. The factorization of a positive integer into its constituent prime numbers.
    • A fifth-grade class will spend a set number of days on prime factorization and then move on to study greatest common factors — whether or not every student is ready.2013 October 23, Tina Rosenberg, “In ‘Flipped’ Classrooms, a Method for Mastery”, in The New York Times

Forms of prime factorisation

pluralprime factorisations

Questions about prime factorisation

What is prime factorisation the alternative spelling of?
Prime factorisation is the alternative spelling of prime factorization.

Words near prime factorisation in the dictionary

  1. prime directives
  2. prime donne
  3. prime factor
  4. prime factored
  5. prime factoring
  6. prime factorisation
  7. prime factorisations
  8. prime factorization
  9. prime factorizations
  10. prime factors
  11. prime field

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