Prime factors of 256=2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2 (or 28)
256 = 28
256 is composite because it ends in an even number so the number 2 goes in it.
no it can be dvided by 2,128,4,64,8,32 and 16
28 = 56
Count the number of twos in its prime factorization.
A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite. 256 is composite.
The only prime factor of 256 is: 2
2 is the only prime factor of 256.
2^8 = 256
256 = 28