How do you find the prime factorization of 480?

1 Answer
Nov 17, 2015

480=2^5xx3xx5

Explanation:

ul2|ul480
ul2|ul240
ul2|ul120
ul2|ul60
ul2|ul30
ul3|ul15
ul5|ul5
---| 1

So, the prime factors of 480=2xx2xx2xx2xx2xx3xx5
or simply
480=2^5xx3xx5