Question

What is the prime factorization of 588?
A. 4 x 3 x 9
B. 2, 3, and 7
C. 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 7
D. 5 x 100 + 8 x 10 + 8 x 1

Answer 1

draw a factor tree and keep working until you only have primes

the number is even and the digits 5 + 8 + 8 = 21 which is a multiple of 3

so 6 divides evenly

here is the start of the tree just continue