simplify the factor 24?

Answer 1

24=2x2x2x3= 2^3 x 3

Answer 2

Looks like you wanted to express 24 in its simplest factors. Here they are and here is how to proceed:

24 is an even number since 4 is even. So 2 is the first factor;

24/2 = 12

Again 12 is an even number since 2 is even.

12/2 = 6

6 is even

6/2 = 3

3 is an odd number and is divisble by 3.

3/3 = 1

1 is the smallest integer number

Now let us collect all the fractions together

1, 3, 2, 2 2

Let us check that the number obtained by multiplying them is the original number that we started with.

1 X 3 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 24

Voila! We have the factors!