Question

What are prime numbers? Find the prime factorization of 2048. [3 MARKS]

Answer 1

Definition: 1 Mark
Prime Factorisation: 2 Marks

All the numbers other than 1, whose only factors are 1 and the number itself are called prime numbers.
The prime factorization of 2048 is shown below.


$\therefore$ $2048=2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2$