1 to the power of 8 is equivalent to:1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1.The answer is one.
All whole numbers less than 100 (except 0 ) have eight or more factors ( 1 = 1x1x1x1x1x1x1x1 and so on). But I'm assuming you're trying to asking the same question except with a 'prime' infront of factors. The answer is zero as if we consider the smallest prime no. viz 2, multiply it 8 times (=256) is greater than 100.Hence, zero whole numbers less than 100 have eight or more prime factors.