This document outlines the prime factorization of the number 32 in 3 steps: it first divides 32 by 4 to get 8, then divides the remaining number 8 by 2 to get 4 and 2, and finally divides the remaining numbers by 2 until only prime factors of 2 remain, resulting in the prime factorization of 32 being 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2.