Sunday, 26 October 2025

Exercise (2.1).2

Write the prime decomposition of the following numbers:

(a) 53 (b) 530 (c) 1988 (d) 666 (e) 2021


(a) 53 has no prime decomposition as it is prime itself.


(b) $53 = 2 \times 5 \times 53$


(c) $ 1988 = 2^2 \times 7 \times 71 $


(d) $ 2 \times 3^2 \times 37 $


(e) $ 2021 = 43 \times 47 $