Question

What are two different factor trees for $60$?

Answer 1

Two different factor trees for $60$:

Factor tree:

Factor tree is a way of expressing the factors of any natural number that is greater than one into branches. Each branch splits into factors. At the one end the factor of the branch is a prime number and one.

The factors of $60$ are:

$$\begin{gathered} 60=2\times 30 \\ 30=2\times 15 \\ 15=3\times 5 \end{gathered}$$

And

$$\begin{gathered} 60=15\times 4 \\ 15=3\times 5 \\ 4=2\times 2 \end{gathered}$$

The factor tree for $60$: