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Prime Factorization Worksheets

These prime factorization worksheets are generated rather than scanned, which means you can print a different sheet every day of the week without paying for a subscription or running out of practice. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is Prime factorization of 70, which works out to 2 × 5 × 7; another is Prime factorization of 112, giving 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7.

📄 PRIME FACTORIZATION WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What is on the sheet

This sheet uses numbers from 12 to 120, small enough to be listed out and large enough to make listing a slow method, and a typical line looks like Prime factorization of 14.

Because each sheet is new, the child cannot recall the answer from having done the same pair yesterday.

Prime factorisation is the general tool: break both numbers down, take the shared primes for the factor and all of them for the multiple.

Divisibility rules are worth memorising alongside this — even, digit sum divisible by three, ends in zero or five — because they turn Prime factorization of 112 from a search into a glance.

These prime factorization worksheets are commonly aligned with the number system strand for grades 5 and 6, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (numbers from 12 to 120).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
1Prime factorization of 70 =2 × 5 × 7Watch for: leaving the factorisation incomplete
2Prime factorization of 112 =2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7Check: missing one in a factor list
3Prime factorization of 32 =2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2Look at: swapping factor and multiple
4Prime factorization of 102 =2 × 3 × 17Ask about: multiplying the two numbers for the lcm
5Prime factorization of 14 =2 × 7Watch for: treating a prime as having no factors
6Prime factorization of 60 =2 × 2 × 3 × 5Check: stopping at a common factor rather than the greatest

Try one together first

Work Prime factorization of 102 out loud as a demonstration. It gives 2 × 3 × 17. Children who hear Prime factorization of 102 reasoned through once at the start of a session make noticeably fewer errors in the ten minutes that follow.

Here is one worked through. Prime factorization of 112 gives 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7. If your child arrives somewhere other than 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 on Prime factorization of 112, look at the working rather than the answer: nearly every wrong result comes from a skipped step, not an unknown fact.

Where children usually slip up

Using this sheet as a daily drill

  1. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that Prime factorization of 70 gives 2 × 5 × 7 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.
  2. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because prime factorisation is a recall skill: Prime factorization of 70 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  3. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on prime factorisation rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like Prime factorization of 32.
  4. Read the first two problems out loud together before starting the clock. It costs fifteen seconds and removes most of the 'I did not understand the question' errors.
  5. If two days in a row come out under 10 minutes with everything correct, that is the signal to move up: either numbers bigger than Prime factorization of 70 uses, or the next skill in the sequence.

Marking the sheet

Every generated sheet carries its own key on a separate printed page, which lets a child self-mark without seeing the answers while they work.

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

How to print this worksheet

To save these prime factorization worksheets instead of printing them, choose 'Save as PDF' in the printer list. You get the worksheet and the answer key as a single PDF, on Letter or A4 depending on your printer settings.

If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these prime factorization worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.

Frequently asked questions

Will these print correctly on A4?
Yes. These prime factorization worksheets fit both A4 and US Letter without clipping, as long as print scaling is left at 100% and browser headers and footers are switched off.
Can I change how many problems are on the page?
Yes — the generator takes 10, 20 or 30 problems. Twenty is the default because it fits one page and suits a 10-minute drill.
Is 1 a prime number?
No, by definition — a prime has exactly two distinct factors, and one has only itself. It is a convention with good reasons behind it.
When would I actually use GCF and LCM?
GCF simplifies fractions, LCM finds common denominators. Both appear in every fraction question a child will meet for the next several years.

One sheet of prime factorization worksheets a day for two weeks will tell you more about where a child working at this level actually stands than any single long assessment.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13