Express 80 as the product of its prime factors.
Write the prime factors in ascending order.​

We have four copies of '2' and one copy of '5' multiplied together

This is the same as saying 2^4*5

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Explanation:

Divide 80 over the smallest prime factor, which is 2

80/2 = 40

Divide that result over 2

40/2 = 20

Keep going until you cannot divide by 2 anymore

20/2 = 10

10/2 = 5

We stop here because 5/2 isn't a whole number. We also stop here since 5 is prime. Circle all the primes that show up and you should have four copies of 2 and one copy of 5.

Therefore: 2*2*2*2*5 = 80

In shorthand, this condenses to 2^4*5 = 80

The factor tree is shown below. Other factor trees are possible.

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