Comic #3845: prime-factors

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Child: Dad, what's a prime factor?

Dad: Well, a factor of a number is just some other number that divides into it.

Dad: A prime factor is, like, a really good factor.

Dad: Like, say you have 12. Its factors are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

Dad: And 4? That's prime stuff.

Child: What about two and three?

Dad: Pfft. I see those all day long: "2-item combo," "3-hole punch." It's tiresome.

Dad: But take 6 for instance. There's a prime factor.

Child: … Okay… I think I get it.

Child: You sure know a lot of math, Dad.

Dad: Most of it, yeah.

Child: Oh! What's least common multiple?

Dad: 53.

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