What is the prime factor of 32
We factor out primes from 32 to find it's prime factorization.32=216=228=2224=22222. 2 is a prime number, so this cannot be reduced further. Since we have five twos and no other primes, the factorization is 2^5, and the only prime factor is 2.
use the factor tree 32 4 8 22 2422 22*2so the answer would be 2 to the fifth power
