Question

What are prime numbers? Find the prime factorization of 2048. [4 marks]

Answer 1

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

[2 marks]
$\therefore$ $2048=2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2$ [1 marks]