496 as a Product of Prime Factors
What is 496 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 496.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 496.
All composite numbers can be written as a Product of Prime Factors and 496 is no exception.
The prime factors of 496 are 2, 2, 2, 2, 31. Therefore, 496 as a Product of Prime Factors is:
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 31 = 496
Note that there is only one set of unique prime factors that multiply to 496.
497 as a Product of Prime Factors
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