Year 8 Prime Factorisation (Factor Trees) Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 factors, multiples & primes worksheet.
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Keep splitting each number into two factors until every branch ends in a prime. Write the primes from smallest to largest.
1.Use a factor tree to write 135 as a product of prime factors.
Answer: 3×3×3×5
- 135 = 3 × 45
- 45 = 3 × 15
- 15 = 3 × 5
- So 135 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 = 33 × 5
2.Use a factor tree to write 36 as a product of prime factors.
Answer: 2×2×3×3
- 36 = 2 × 18
- 18 = 2 × 9
- 9 = 3 × 3
- So 36 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 = 22 × 32
3.Use a factor tree to write 30 as a product of prime factors.
Answer: 2×3×5
- 30 = 2 × 15
- 15 = 3 × 5
- So 30 = 2 × 3 × 5
4.Which number has the prime factorisation 2 × 3 × 5 × 7?
Answer: 210
- 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 = 210
5.Use a factor tree to write 225 as a product of prime factors.
Answer: 3×3×5×5
- 225 = 3 × 75
- 75 = 3 × 25
- 25 = 5 × 5
- So 225 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 = 32 × 52
6.Use a factor tree to write 294 as a product of prime factors.
Answer: 2×3×7×7
- 294 = 2 × 147
- 147 = 3 × 49
- 49 = 7 × 7
- So 294 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 7 = 2 × 3 × 72
7.Use a factor tree to write 70 as a product of prime factors.
Answer: 2×5×7
- 70 = 2 × 35
- 35 = 5 × 7
- So 70 = 2 × 5 × 7
8.Which number has the prime factorisation 2 × 33?
Answer: 54
- 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 54
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