Question

What is the prime factorization of 360?


A.


23 • 32 • 5


B.


22 • 33 • 5


C.


23 • 3 • 15


D.


22 • 32 • 10

Answer 1

360 = 2 x 180
= 2 x 2 x 90
= 2 x 2 x 2 x 45
= 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 15
= 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5
= 2^3 x 3^2 x 5
Looks like its A ^_^

Answer 2

Your answer choices should be retyped properly.
It is not 23 • 32 • 5 but 2^3 . 3^2 . 5

Answer 3

@ranga I got confused on that to, but I realized it was just missing the ^ LOL

Answer 4

hehe, I noticed none of the choices matched a prime set

Answer 5

yeah.