# Prime Factors Compute the prime factors of a given natural number. A prime number is only evenly divisible by itself and 1. Note that 1 is not a prime number. ## Example What are the prime factors of 60? - Our first divisor is 2. 2 goes into 60, leaving 30. - 2 goes into 30, leaving 15. - 2 doesn't go cleanly into 15. So let's move on to our next divisor, 3. - 3 goes cleanly into 15, leaving 5. - 3 does not go cleanly into 5. The next possible factor is 4. - 4 does not go cleanly into 5. The next possible factor is 5. - 5 does go cleanly into 5. - We're left only with 1, so now, we're done. Our successful divisors in that computation represent the list of prime factors of 60: 2, 2, 3, and 5. You can check this yourself: - 2 * 2 * 3 * 5 - = 4 * 15 - = 60 - Success! * * * * For installation and learning resources, refer to the [exercism help page](http://exercism.io/languages/ruby). For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a terminal window and run the following command to install minitest: gem install minitest If you would like color output, you can `require 'minitest/pride'` in the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running the test file. Run the tests from the exercise directory using the following command: ruby prime_factors_test.rb To include color from the command line: ruby -r minitest/pride prime_factors_test.rb ## Source The Prime Factors Kata by Uncle Bob [http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob.ThePrimeFactorsKata](http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob.ThePrimeFactorsKata) ## Submitting Incomplete Solutions It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.