256 as a Product of Prime Factors
What is 256 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 256.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 256.
All composite numbers can be written as a Product of Prime Factors and 256 is no exception.
The prime factors of 256 are 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2. Therefore, 256 as a Product of Prime Factors is:
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 256
Note that there is only one set of unique prime factors that multiply to 256.
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