255 as a Product of Prime Factors
What is 255 as a Product of Prime Factors?
First, note that in the sentence above, "product" is the result you get when you multiply numbers together to get 255.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 255.
All composite numbers can be written as a Product of Prime Factors and 255 is no exception.
The prime factors of 255 are 3, 5, 17. Therefore, 255 as a Product of Prime Factors is:
3 x 5 x 17 = 255
Note that there is only one set of unique prime factors that multiply to 255.
256 as a Product of Prime Factors
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