Sunday, 26 October 2025

Exercise (2.1).1

Write the prime decomposition of the following numbers:

(a) 56 (b) 57 (c) 200 (d) 360 (e) 1001


(a) $56 = 2^3 \times 7$


(b) $57 = 3 \times 19$


(c) $200 = 2^3 \times 5^2$


(d) $360 = 2^3 \times 3^2 \times 5$


(e) $1001 = 7 \times 11 \times 13$