Definition of prime factor

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prime factor

The term 'prime factor' as it applies to the area of basic math can be defined as 'all the factors of a quantity that are only divisible by the number one and itself (e.g; the prime factors of 42 are 7, 3, and 2; the prime factors of 6x2y are 2, 3, x, x, and y)'.

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