GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Number: Prime Factors - Explained

The video tutorial explains how to express the number 56 as a product of its prime factors. It begins with an introduction to prime numbers, followed by a demonstration of the factor tree method to find the prime factors of 56. The process involves breaking down 56 into 7 and 8, then further decomposing 8 into 2 and 4, and finally 4 into 2 and 2. The result is expressed as 2 * 2 * 2 * 7. The tutorial concludes by showing how to write this factorization in index form, emphasizing that both the method and the final answer are important for full marks.

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How can you express the prime factorization of 56 in index form?