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GCSE Exam Questions: Prime Factors
1) Express 108 as a product of its prime factors.
(3 marks)
2) Write 36 as a product of its prime factors.
Give your answer in index form.
(3 marks)
3) A number is written as a product of its prime factors as 23 × 3 × 5.
Work out the number.
(2 marks)
4) Given that p = 24 × 3
(a) Calculate 10p
(2)
(b) Write as a product of its prime factors.
(1)
(c) Write 20p as a product of primes.
(2)
(5 marks)
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1) (a) Question
Expressin108
full
as a product of its prime factors.
Answer in full (1)
Any correct factor pair of 108
(1)
A fully correct prime factor tree
(1)
2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 or 22 × 33 (1)
2) Write 36 as a product of its prime factors.
Give your answer in index form.
Any correct factor pair of 36
(1)
A fully correct prime factor tree
(1)
22 × 32 (1)
3) A number is written as a product of its prime 8 × 3 × 5
(1)
factors as 23 × 3 × 5.
120 (1)
Work out the number.
4) (a) Given that p = 24 x 3
(a) 24 × 3 = 48
(1)
Calculate 10p.
48 × 10 = 480 (1)
(b ) Write as a product of its prime factors.
(b ) 22 × 3 (1)
(c) Write 20p as a product of primes.
(c) 20 × 24 × 3
(1)
26 × 3 × 5 (1)
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