Identifying Prime Factors: The Sure Inclusion in Two-Digit Numbers

Question

I am a two-digit number ?0 ?0

Which prime factor will surely appear among my first factors?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Which factor definitely appears in the prime factors of the number?
00:04 The ones digit is 0, therefore the number is even
00:07 Every even number is divisible by 2
00:13 Actually, any number with tens digit and ones digit being 0 is divisible by 5
00:20 And this is the solution to the question

Answer

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