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To find the prime factors all you need to do is find all factors, and identify which ones are prime numbers.
12=1*12=2*6=3*4
factors=1,2,3,4,6,12
Prime numbers can only be divided by 1 and the number itself. Thus the prime factors of 12 are 2 and 3 (1 is, by definition, not prime (i'm not exactly sure how to explain why))
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What is the smallest prime factor of twelve is?
The smallest prime factor of 12 is 2.
The largest prime factor of twelve is?
The largest prime factor of 12 is 3. Prime factors of 12 are 2 x 2 x 3.
What is a common prime factor?
All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. A prime factor is a factor that is a prime number. A common prime factor is a prime factor that appears on the list of factors of two or more given numbers.
Is a factor a prime number?
A factor can or cannot be a prime number Ex: 2 is the factor of all other even numbers its a prime number but 9 is a factor of 18 and its not a prime number A prime is a factor but a factor being a prime number varies
What is a composite factor?
A composite factor is a factor that is a composite number, as opposed to a prime factor which is a factor that is a prime number.
What is the smallest prime factor of twelve is?
The smallest prime factor of 12 is 2.
What is the largest prime factor of twelve?
3 is.
The largest prime factor of twelve is?
The largest prime factor of 12 is 3. Prime factors of 12 are 2 x 2 x 3.
What is the prime factor of twelve?
2 x 2 x 3 = 12
What is the greatest common factor of twelve and thirtysix?
Since 12 is a factor or 36, it is automatically the GCF.
Is three a prime factor?
Yes. Any time three is a factor, it is a prime factor.
Is 6 a prime factor of 132?
It is a factor of 132, not a prime factor.
What is a common prime factor?
All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. A prime factor is a factor that is a prime number. A common prime factor is a prime factor that appears on the list of factors of two or more given numbers.
Is 19 factor or prime?
19 is a prime factor.
Is 35 a prime or a factor?
35 can be a factor, but it is not prime.
Is a factor a prime number?
A factor can or cannot be a prime number Ex: 2 is the factor of all other even numbers its a prime number but 9 is a factor of 18 and its not a prime number A prime is a factor but a factor being a prime number varies
Is 83 a prime factor or composite factor?
81 is not prime. Its prime factorization is 3x3x3x3.
