What is the correct prime factorisation of (250)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (2 \times 5^3)
Step 1: Write (250=25 \times 10). Step 2: (25=5^2) and (10=2 \times 5), so (250=2 \times 5^3). Step 3: Combine repeated (5) factors into a power.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(2 \times 5^3)
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: Write (250=25 \times 10). Step 2: (25=5^2) and (10=2 \times 5), so (250=2 \times 5^3). Step 3: Combine repeated (5) factors into a power.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Real Numbers. Topic: Prime Factorisation.