Penelope has 300 different types of beads she uses when decorating dresses generate an equivalent expression using prime factorization for the number 300

2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 5 or · 3 ·

Step-by-step explanation:

i like to see if numbers are divisible by 2, 3 or 5 when doing prime factorizations because they are prime numbers

300 = 3 x 100

5 x 100 = 3 x 5 x 20

3 x 5 x 5 x 4

3 x 5 x 5 x 2x 2

452,489 to the nearest thousand is 452,000