Let $G$ be a finitely generated abelian group. Then there is a unique expression of the form: $$G\cong \Ints^{r}\oplus\Ints/n_1\Ints\oplus\Ints/n_2\Ints\oplus\ldots\oplus\Ints/n_s\Ints$$ for some integers$r,n_i$ satisfying: $$r\geq 0;\quad \forall i, n_i\geq 2;\quad n_{i+1}\mid n_i\ \text{for } 1\leq i\leq s-1.$$