What is the prime factor of 32

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Mathematics

Maximo Bass

2 December, 09:41

What is the prime factor of 32

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Casey Holland · Answer 1

Use the factor tree

32

4 8

2*2 2*4

2*2 2*2*2

so the answer would be 2 to the fifth power

Heidi Mcconnell · Answer 2

We factor out primes from 32 to find it's prime factorization.

32=2*16=2*2*8=2*2*2*4=2*2*2*2*2. 2 is a prime number, so this cannot be reduced further. Since we have five twos and no other primes, the factorization is 2^5, and the only prime factor is 2.