Question: is 1 a prime factor of 64?
Answer: 64 = 1 x 64, 2 x 32, 4 x 16, or 8 x 8. Factors of 64: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64. Prime factorization: 64 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2, which can also be written 64 = 2⁶. Since √64 = 8, a whole number, 64 is a perfect square.