How do you find the greatest pime factor of a number?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

Find the prime factorization. It doesn't matter if you use a factor tree, or rainbow or firework. For example: 42

21,2

3,7,2

The prime factorization of 42 is 2 x 3 x 7. The greatest prime factor is 7.

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∙ 14y ago

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