7 is the greatest prime factor of 84.
The largest prime factor is 7.
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Prime Factorization of 84No, 7 X 12 is not the prime factorization of 84. In order to be prime factorization, all factors must be prime numbers. 7 is prime, but 12 is not. Since it is an even number, 2 will divide into it. 2 times 6 is 12, so the factorization would be 7 X 2 X 6. Since 6 is not a prime number, that is not the prime factorizatio of 84. The factors of 6 are 2 and 3. That means the factorization is 7 X 2 X 2 X 3. All the factors are now prime numbers, so the prime factorization of 84 with the factors in order from smallest to largest is 2 X 2 X 3 X 7. When finding the prime factorization of any number, you have to keep factoring any composite factors until all the factors are prime.
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The prime factorization of 84 in exponential form is: 22 x 3 x 7
2*2*3*7 = 84
84 42,2 21,2,2 7,3,2,2
By finding the prime factors of 84 which when multiplied together equals 84 which are: 2*2*3*7 = 84
2 x 2 x 3 x 7 makes it composite.
84 42,2 21,2,2 7,3,2,2
22 x 3 x 7 = 84
22 x 3 x 7 = 84