Chapter 1: Number: Solutions Exercise 1: Number Groups & Families

1) Express each number as a product 113

of prime numbers
e) 19
a) 64
19
2×2×2×2×2×2
3) What do you notice about the
b) 24 answers to parts d & e above;
what type of numbers are 113 and
2×2×2×3 19?

c) 36 19 and 113 have only themselves

(and 1) as prime factors. They are
2×2×3×3 prime numbers themselves

d) 25 4) Express the following in surd form.

(e.g.√25 = 5)
5×5
a) √8
e) 100
2√2
2×2×5×5
b) √9
2) Express the following as a product
of prime numbers 3

a) 112 c) √25

2×2×2×2×7 5

b) 244 d) √49

2 × 2 × 61 7

c) 33 e) √144

3 × 11 12

d) 113

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