Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for November 19, 2016

Transcript:

Dad, what's a prime factor? Well, a factor of a number is just some other number that divides into it. A prime factor is like, a really good factor. Like, say you have 12. Its factors are !, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. and 4? That's prime stuff. What about two and three? Pffft. I see those all day long. 2-1 item combo. 3-hole punch. It's tiresome. But take 6 for instance. There is a prime factor. I... Okay... I think I get it. You sure know a lot of math dad. Most of it, yeah. Oh! What's least common multiples? 53.