To find the prime factorization, simply divide the number by the prime numbers in increasing order until you arrive at a prime number...
88/2=44
44/2=22
22/2=11
11 is prime so we divided by:
2,2,2, and 11 so the prime factorization of 88 is:
88=2*2*2*11 which is the same as saying
88=2^3*11
