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1) Is it possible to end up with two different prime factorizations for a number, or will you always end up with the same list of prime factors?


2) What was true about all of the numbers in the final lists of factors? Why?


3) Can two different numbers have the same prime factorization? Why or why not?


4) Explain how writing a number as a product of prime numbers is a way of representing that number.


How does knowing that the prime factorization of 40 is 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 help you know every possible factor of 40?


5) How is what you did in the Action Task related to the colour code in the Minds On Activity?