Question

Give prime factorisations of 432 and 522.

Answer 1

2x2x2x2x3x3x3

Answer 2

and...
2x9x29

Answer 3

oh do you do the factor tree

Answer 4

no, i just keep hitting divide and see what im left with and what its factors are
the firs one was easy
2nd one took a little longer
if you want to get methodical about it though you should find all of the first order factors of each number, then further split each that you can down to prime numbers