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Answer the following questions on prime factorization.
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Which of the following is not a prime factorization?
a) 20 = 2×10 , b) 14 = 2×7 , c) 64 = 4 3 , d) 120 = 2 3 × 15
Solution
Prime factorization involves only prime numbers. Hence The following are not prime factorization.
a) 20 = 2×10 ; 10 is not a prime number.
c) 64 = 4 3 ; 4 is not a prime number.
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What is the prime factorization of the following numbers?
a) 28 , b) 32 , c) 100 , d) 126 , e) 900
Solution
Prime factorization of the above are.
a) 28 = 2 × 2 × 7 = 2 2 × 7
b) 32 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 2 5
c) 100 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 = 2 2 × 5 2
d) 126 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 = 2 × 3 2 × 7
e) 900 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 = 2 2 3 2 5 2
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Two numbers A and B are given by: A = 2 3 × 5 2 × 11 and B = 2 2 × 5 × 13. What is the prime factorization of A×B?
Solution
Prime factorization.
A×B = (2 3 × 5 2 × 11 ) × (2 2 × 5 × 13) = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 11 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 13
= 2 5 × 5 3 × 11 × 13
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Find the prime factorization of 100 and 70 and then the prime factorization of 7000 knowing that 7000 = 100 × 70
Solution
Prime factorization of 100 and 70.
100 = 2 2 × 5 2
70 = 2 × 5 × 7
Use the fact that 7000 = 100 × 70 to find the prime factorization 7000.
7000 = 100 × 70 = (2 2 × 5 2) × (2 × 5 × 7) = 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 2 × 5 × 7 = 2 3 × 5 3 × 7
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a) Find the prime factorization of 10.
b) Use the result in part a) and the fact that 100 = 10 × 10 to find the prime factorization of 100.
c) Use the result in part a) and the fact that 1000 = 10 × 10× 10 to find the prime factorization of 1000.
d) Use the results in parts a), b) and c) to find a pattern of prime factorization and find the prime factorization of 1000,000.
Solution
a) Prime factorization of 10.
10 = 2× 5
b) Prime factorization of 100.
100 = 10 × 10 = 10 2 = (2× 5) × (2× 5) = 2 2 5 2
c) Prime factorization of 1000.
1000 = 10 × 10 × 10 = 10 3 = (2× 5) × (2× 5) × (2× 5) = 2 3 5 3
d) Prime factorization of 1000,000 using the above pattern.
1000,000 = 10 6 = 2 6 5 6
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