What are the prime factors of 20?

3 Answers

#2# x #2# x #5# or #2^2# x #5#

Explanation:

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#2# x #2# x #5# or #2^2# x #5#

May 12, 2018

#5times2times2#

Explanation:

Prime factors refers to its factor in terms of prime numbers ie 2,3,5,7,11 and so on

SO the prime factors of 20:

#20 = 5times4 = 5times2times2#

May 13, 2018

The prime factors of #20 # are #2 and 5#

#20# as the product of its prime factors is #2xx2xx5#

Explanation:

Be sure about what the question is asking...

The factors of #20# are:

#1," "2," "4," "5," "10," "20#

The prime factors of #20# are only #2 and 5#
These are the factors of #20# which are prime numbers,

If you want to write #20# as the product of its prime factors then we will have:

#20 = 2xx2xx5#

This is also called prime factorisation.