Question: are prime numbers the same as prime factors?
Answer: The prime factorization of a number is the product of prime factors that make up that number. ... Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to make another number. For example, 3 and 12 are a factor pair of 36. Prime numbers are numbers that have exactly two factors, 1 and itself (i.e. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11,....).