56 as a Product of Prime Factors
What is 56 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 56.
Furthermore, "prime factors" are specifically the prime numbers that you multiply together to get 56.
All composite numbers can be written as a Product of Prime Factors and 56 is no exception.
The prime factors of 56 are 2, 2, 2, 7. Therefore, 56 as a Product of Prime Factors is:
2 x 2 x 2 x 7 = 56
Note that there is only one set of unique prime factors that multiply to 56.
57 as a Product of Prime Factors
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