factorisation

/ˌfæktərɪˈzeɪʃən/
noun
  1. The process of writing a number or expression as a product of its factors.
    • Prime factorisation helps you find the greatest common divisor of two numbers.
    • The factorisation of 30 is 2 × 3 × 5.
    • In math class, we learned factorisation by breaking polynomials into simpler parts.