State true or False:

40 = 20 × 2 is an example of the prime factorization process

The given statement is False.

Factors of 40 are numbers that, when multiplied in pairs give the product as 40. 

There are 8 factors of 40, which are 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, and 40.  

But the prime factorisation of 40 would result in a product of prime factors of 40.

This can be shown as follows: 

40 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5, therefore the statement is not true.