Question

factories the number 16​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1.We consider the number 16 as the root of the tree.

2. We write a pair of factors as the branches of the tree i.e., 2 × 8 = 16

3. We further factorize the composite factor 8 as 4 and 2, and again the composite factors 4 as 2 and 2.

We repeat the process again till we get the prime factors of all the composite factors.

2 × 8 = 16

2 × 4 × 2 = 16

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16

The prime factors of 16 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2.

We can express the factor tree to find the prime factors of 16 in another way also.

4 × 4

2 × 2 × 2 × 2

Method of Prime Factorization

The prime factors of 16 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2.