What are the prime factors of 20?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-28T23:37:52

$2$ x $2$ x $5$ or $2^2$ x $5$

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$2$ x $2$ x $5$ or $2^2$ x $5$

Answer 2 · 2018-05-12T06:49:49

$5times2times2$

Prime factors refers to its factor in terms of prime numbers ie 2,3,5,7,11 and so on

SO the prime factors of 20:

$20 = 5times4 = 5times2times2$

Answer 3 · 2018-05-13T18:11:05

The prime factors of $20$ are $2 and 5$

$20$ as the product of its prime factors is $2xx2xx5$

Be sure about what the question is asking...

The factors of $20$ are:

$1," "2," "4," "5," "10," "20$

The prime factors of $20$ are only $2 and 5$
These are the factors of $20$ which are prime numbers,

If you want to write $20$ as the product of its prime factors then we will have:

$20 = 2xx2xx5$

This is also called prime factorisation.