Question

Find the factorization of 180

Answer 1

5 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3

Explanation:

I basically did the prime factors of 18 which is 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18. I broke it down elminated any other numbers not referring to the prime factor. Thats how you get your answer sorry if it's not a good explantion

Answer 2

180=2^2×3^2×5

Explanation:

We have to obtain the factors of 180 which are prime numbers

A prime number being a number with only 2 factors.That is 1 and the number itself.

For example 5 only has 2 factors 1 and 5⇒5=1×5

Here are the first few prime numbers

2,3,5,7,11,13,.....

A number which is not prime is a composite number. Composite numbers have more than 2 factors. All composite numbers can be expressed as a product of prime factors.