Question

How do you find the prime factorization of 120?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

`120 = 2 xx 60`

`120 = 2 xx 2 xx 30`

`120 = 2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 15`

`120 = 2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 3 xx 5`

Or

`120 = 2^3 xx 3 xx 5`