SOLUTION: using only number 2, how many times will you use it as a factor to get the smallest three digit number as a product?

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Question 1013608: using only number 2, how many times will you use it as a factor to get the smallest three digit number as a product?

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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2%5E6 = 64.

2%5E7 = 128.

Therefore, the lowest degree of 2 which is 3-digit number is 2%5E7.

You need to use 2 as the factor 7 times to get the smallest 3-digit number.