Prime Factorization

Today and yesterday in math, we have been learning about prime factorization.  Basically, you are trying to get a really big number, and then list it (exponentionally if there is more of the same number listed) all with prime numbers.  Prime numbers are numbers that can only be divided by one and itself.  For example, let's say that the number is 300.  Let's divide that by three.  So now it is 3 and 100.  Since three is prime, that will be part of our answer, but we can keep going.  So 100 divided by two is 2 and 50.  Two is prime, so that will also be part of our answer too.  But we can keep going.  (:    50 divided by 2 is 25 and 2.  All of those numbers are prime so our answer is, 3*2 to the second power*25.  (: