Prime Factorization Practice Problems Online

$72 = 8 \times 9$

What is the largest prime factor of $72$ ?

Which of these sets lists all of the prime factors of $120$ ?

How many distinct prime factors does $2^{8}-1$ have?

Hint: You can use the difference of squares formula to help factor.

What is the sum of all the distinct prime factors of $495$ ?

Details and assumptions

Only add the prime factor once. For example, the sum of the prime factors of $45 = 3^2\times 5$ is $3 + 5 = 8$ , not $3 + 3 + 5 = 11$ .

Which of these numbers has more distinct prime factors?

$45 \quad 56$

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