Question

When 5 to the power of 2 is written as a product the (A)factors are 2 and 5 (B) only factor is 2 (C) only factor is 5 (D) only factor is 10

Answer 1

The given expression is :

$5^2$

Simplify :

$\begin{gathered} 5^2=5\times5 \\ 5^2=25 \end{gathered}$

Factors of 25 are 5, 25 and 1 so

Factor of 5² is 5

5² : only factor is 5

Answer : only factor is 5