Question

Select a composite number to break into factors. Continuefactoring until all factors are prime.​

Answer 1

Answer:

$54=3^3$×$2$

Step-by-step explanation:

To find: factors of the composite number

Solution:

Numbers that have exactly two factors are known as prime numbers.

Composite numbers are numbers which have at least 3 factors.

For example,

consider a composite number 54

$54=3^3$×$2$

Here, 54 is a composite number as it has factors 1, 54, 2, 27, 3, 18, 6, 9.

In the factorisation $3^3$×$2$, 3 and 2 are prime numbers.