What is the prime factors of 80?

The prime factors of 80 are the prime numbers that divide 80 exactly without leaving a remainder. To find the prime factors of 80, we can start by dividing 80 by the smallest prime number, which is 2.

80 ÷ 2 = 40

Now we have a new number, 40. We can continue dividing this number by 2 until we can no longer divide evenly.

40 ÷ 2 = 20 20 ÷ 2 = 10 10 ÷ 2 = 5

At this point, 5 is a prime number and cannot be divided any further, so the prime factors of 80 are 2, 2, 2, and 5. We can write this as 2^3 × 5, where the exponent represents the number of times each prime factor appears.