How many prime factors does 120 have?

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Steve M
Mar 9, 2018

120 has three prime factors

Explanation:

120 = 12 xx 10
\ \ \ \ \ = 3 xx 4 xx 2 xx 5
\ \ \ \ \ = 3 xx 2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 5
\ \ \ \ \ = 2^3 xx 3 xx 5 , all of which are prime

So, there are three prime factors

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