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Lesson 1.2 Prime Factors

The document provides examples and exercises on prime and composite numbers and prime factorization. It defines prime and composite numbers and shows how to determine if a number is prime or composite. It also demonstrates how to find the prime factorization of a number by breaking it down into prime factors. The exercises provide additional practice identifying numbers as prime or composite and finding prime factorizations.

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Lesson 1.2 Prime Factors

The document provides examples and exercises on prime and composite numbers and prime factorization. It defines prime and composite numbers and shows how to determine if a number is prime or composite. It also demonstrates how to find the prime factorization of a number by breaking it down into prime factors. The exercises provide additional practice identifying numbers as prime or composite and finding prime factorizations.

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NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

1-2 Study Guide and Intervention


Prime Factors
Factors are the numbers that are multiplied to get a product. A product is the answer to a
multiplication problem. A prime number is a whole number that has only 2 factors, 1 and the number
itself. A composite number is a number greater than 1 with more than two factors.

Example 1 Tell whether each number is prime, composite, or neither.

Number Factors Prime or Composite?


1 ⫻ 15
15 Composite
3⫻5

17 1 ⫻ 17 Prime

1 1 Neither

Example 2 Find the prime factorization of 18.

Write the number that is 18 is divisible by 2, because the ones digit


18 being factored at the top. 18 is divisible by 2.
Choose any pair of whole Circle the prime number, 2.
2 ⫻ 9 3 ⫻ 6 9 is divisible by 3, because the sum of the
number factors of 18.
digits is divisible by 3.
Except for the order, the
2 ⫻ 3 ⫻ 3 prime factors are the same. 3 ⫻ 2 ⫻ 3 Circle the prime numbers, 3 and 3.

The prime factorization of 18 is 2 ⫻ 3 ⫻ 3.

Exercises
Tell whether each number is prime, composite, or neither.
1. 7 2. 12 3. 29

4. 81 5. 18 6. 23

7. 54 8. 28 9. 120

10. 243 11. 61 12. 114

Find the prime factorization of each number.


13. 125 14. 44

15. 11 16. 56

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Chapter 1 Year 7 Mathematics
NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

1-2 Practice
Prime Factors
Tell whether each number is prime, composite, or neither.
1. 24 2. 1 3. 13 4. 25

5. 91 6. 0 7. 181 8. 145

Find the prime factorization of each number.


9. 16 10. 48 11. 66

12. 56 13. 80 14. 95

15. Find the least prime number that is greater than 50.

16. All odd numbers greater than 7 can be expressed as the sum of three
prime numbers. Which three prime numbers have a sum of 43? Justify
your answer.

17. GARDENING Julia wants to plant 24 tomato plants in rows. Each row will
have the same number of plants in it. Find three possible numbers of
rows and the number of plants in each row.

18. SHOPPING Jamal bought boxes of nails that each cost the same. He spent
a total of $42. Find three possible costs per box and the number of boxes
that he could have purchased.

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Chapter 1 Year 7 Mathematics
NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

1-2 Skills Practice


Prime Factors
Tell whether each number is prime, composite, or neither.
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3

5. 4 6. 5 7. 6 8. 7

9. 8 10. 9 11. 10 12. 11

Find the prime factorization of each number.


13. 9 14. 25

15. 28 16. 54

17. 34 18. 72

19. 55 20. 63

SCHOOL For Exercises 21–24, use the table below.

Marisa’s History Test Scores


Date Test Score
January 28 67
February 15 81
March 5 97
March 29 100

21. Which test scores are prime numbers?

22. Which prime number is the least prime number?

23. Find the prime factorization of 100.

24. Find the prime factorization of 81.

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Chapter 1 Year 7 Mathematics
NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

1-2 Word Problem Practice


Prime Factors
ANIMALS For Exercises 1–3, use the table that shows the height and
weight of caribou.

Height at the Shoulder Weight


CARIBOU
inches centimeters pounds kilograms
Cows (females) 43 107 220 99
Bulls (males) 50 125 400 180

1. Which animal heights and weights are 2. Write the weight of caribou cows in
prime numbers? kilograms as a prime factorization.

3. ANIMALS Caribou calves weigh about 4. SPEED A wildlife biologist once found a
13 pounds at birth. Tell whether this caribou traveling at 37 miles per hour.
weight is a prime or a composite Tell whether this speed is a prime or
number. composite number. Explain.

5. GEOMETRY To find the area of a floor, 6. GEOMETRY To find the volume of a box,
you can multiply its length times its you can multiply its height, width, and
width. The measure of the area of a length. The measure of the volume of a
floor is 49. Find the most likely length box is 70. Find its possible dimensions.
and width of the room.

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Chapter 1 Year 7 Mathematics
PRIME FACTORIZATION SHEET 1
Write out the prime factorization for each number.
Example: 12 = 2 x 2 x 3

1) 33 =
2) 25 =
3) 14 =
4) 8 =
5) 20 =
6) 30 =
7) 18 =
8) 24 =
9) 27 =
10) 44 =
11) 50 =
12) 35 =
13) 45 =
14) 60 =
15) 32 =
16) 42 =
17) 48 =
18) 54 =
19) 36 =
20) 80 =
PRIME FACTORIZATION SHEET 2
Write out the prime factorization for each number. The first one is done for you.
1) 52 = 2 x 2 x 13 = 22 x 13
2) 90 =
3) 72 =
4) 100 =
5) 64 =
6) 105 =
7) 120 =
8) 85 =
9) 96 =
10) 112 =
11) 84 =
12) 108 =
13) 99 =
14) 150 =
15) 121 =
16) 144 =
17) 180 =
18) 125 =
19) 132 =
20) 200 =

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