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Mathematics Activity Sheet
Quarter 2 – MELC 4
Writing a Given Number as a
Product of Its Prime Factors

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Mathematics 4
Activity Sheet No. 4
First Edition, 2020

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 Quarter 2
Week 2

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No. 4

Name of Learner: ______________ Grade & Section: _____________
Date: _____________________

WRITING A GIVEN NUMBER AS A PRODUCT

OF ITS PRIME FACTORS

I. Learning Competency with Code

Writes a given number as a product of its prime factors.

(M4NS-IIb-67)

II. Background Information for Learners

Every composite number can be written as a product of its prime factors.

This string of factors is called prime factorization of the number. It is a process
of expressing composite number as product of its prime factors. Factor Tree
and Decomposition Method or Continuous Division are two different ways to
find the prime factors of the given numbers.

A. By Using the Factor Tree Method

To get the prime factors of the number using the Factor Tree, follow these
steps:
1. Think of two numbers that will give the product of 18.
3 x 6 = 18 (3 is a prime factor, but not 6.)
2. Think of two numbers that will give the product of 6.
2 x 3 = 6 (2 is a prime factor.)
3. Put all the prime factors together.
(2 x 3 x 3) This can also be expressed in exponential form as 2 x 3²

18 Prime Factorization

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3x6 18 = 2 x 3 x 3 or 2 x 32

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2x3
 B. By using Continuous Division or Decomposition Method
To get the prime factors using Decomposition Method or Continuous
Division Method, follow these steps:
1. Start by dividing the number by a prime number divisor.
2. Write the divisor on the left hand side and the quotient below
the original number.
3. Continue dividing the number by a prime divisor until the
quotient is already a prime.

Prime Factorization
18 = 2 x 3 x 3 or 2 x 32

III. Accompanying DepEd Textbooks

Mathematics 4 Learner’s Materials pp. 86-87

Mathematics 4 Teacher’s Guide

IV. Activity Proper

1. Direction / Instruction

Study pages 86-87 of mathematics 4 learner’s material

2. Exercise/Activity

Activity 1

Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, build a Factor Tree for

each number then, write its prime factorization.

1. 28
2. 36
 3. 70
4. 49
5. 90

Activity 2

Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, use Continuous or

Decomposition Method to find the complete prime factorization of
each number and express it in exponential form.

1. 25
2. 72
3. 81
4. 40
5. 48

Activity 3

Directions: Write the product of the given factors below on a

separate sheet of paper.

1. 2x2x3x5=
2. 2x3x3x5=
3. 2x3x3x5x5=
4. 2x2x5x5=
5. 3x3x3x2x7=

3. Guide Questions
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
a. What do you call the process of expressing composite number
as product of its prime factors?
b. What are the different ways of finding the prime factors of the
number?
c. How do you get prime factors of a number using factor tree?
Continuous or decomposition method?
 IV. Reflection

1. What is the importance of learning prime factorization?

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2. How it is needed in our everyday living?

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V. Answer Key

3x3
^
5x9
^
2 x 45 2x5x3x3
^
90 5.

5x7
^
7x7 2 x 35
7x7 ^ ^ 2x5x7
4. 49 3. 70

2x2
^
3x4 2x7
^ ^
3 x 12 3x3x2x2 2x2x7 2x14
^ ^
36 2. 1. 28
Activity 1
Activity 2
1. 5 /25 52 2. 2 /72 23 x 32 3. 3 /81
5 2 /36 3 /27 34
2 /18 3 /9
3 /9 3
3

4. 2 /40 5. 2 /48
2 /20 23 x 5 2 /24 24 x 3
2 /10 2 /12
5 2 /6
3

Activity 3
1. 60
2. 90
3. 450
4. 100
5. 378