For example.....how do you simplify the number 28. What are the steps you take?
2007-09-12 15:51:24 · 4 answers · asked by pebbles11388 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You can't simplify the number 28. Its pretty simple already. What is the question you're trying to answer?
2007-09-12 15:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by math_ninja 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the prime factors of 28
prime numbers are essentially numbers which do not have factors other than 1 and the number itself. Prime factors do not include the number 1.
For eg. 2 is a prime number because it has only 1 and 2 as its factors
therefore for 28, start divinding 28 by prime factors starting from 2:
28/2=14
14/2=7
since 7 is a prime number, you stop there
and 28 is expressed as 2^2*7
2007-09-12 15:58:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One way is to reduce it to the prime factors that make it up (multiplying prime numbers to get 28)
28 = 2*2*7
2007-09-12 15:57:35 · answer #3 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can't simplify a single #, only a fraction.
ex: 2/4=1/2
2007-09-12 15:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by hope 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋