Write 24 as a product of primes.
Use index notation when giving your answer.

2^3 * 3

Step-by-step explanation:

Here are the first several prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23

To find the prime factorization of a number, start by dividing the number by the smallest prime number it is divisible by. Keep dividing by that prime number until you can't anymore. You only divide by prime numbers that divide evenly. Then move on to the next prime number that divides evenly, and do the same. You eventually will get to 1. Then you put together all the prime factors.

This is much easier to do than it sounds like in this explanation.

Start with 24.

24/2 = 12

12/2 = 6

6/2 = 3    3 is not divisible by 2, so we move on to 3.

3/3 = 1    We got to 1, so we are done.

The prime factorization is the product of all the prime numbers we divided by which are in bold.

24 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3

Now we index it:

24 = 2^3 * 3