im sorry but i get confusd with all these greatest common factors and least common multiples.
2007-04-13 14:43:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
dos or two or 2
2007-04-13 14:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2007-04-13 21:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by bernel1403 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2007-04-13 21:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by pigley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 can factor into 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12
so the smallest prime factor is 2
2007-04-13 23:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by succubus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the 2 s are right.. I just wanted to help avoid any misconceptions... To be prime a number needs to have EXACTLY 2 UNIQUE factors- 1 and itself (whatever the number is) The number 1 only has 1 factor - ONE. It is convention that the number 1 is not prime nor composite.
2007-04-13 21:53:51 · answer #5 · answered by goodlittlegirl11 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2 is prime. and 2 divides 12, so 2 is the smallest prime factor of 12.
2007-04-13 21:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by marvin0258 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Break it into groups
12=3 x 4
12= 3 x 2 x 2, which are all prime
so 2
2007-04-13 21:48:18 · answer #7 · answered by lizabethsanders 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2 is the smallest prime number and the only even prime number
2007-04-13 21:48:40 · answer #8 · answered by Maverick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2
2x2x3=12
2007-04-13 21:47:38 · answer #9 · answered by bz2hcy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean besides 1?
2007-04-13 21:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋