Q.

Teaching Mathematics through activities is a powerful approach that enhances student’s understanding and engagement. Keeping this in mind, Ms. Mukta planned a prime number game for class 5 students. She announced the number 2 in her class and asked the first student to multiply it by a prime number and then pass it to the second student. The second student also multiplied it by a prime number and passed it to the third student. In this way, by multiplying with a prime number, the last student got 173250

 

Now, Mukta asked some questions as given below to the students:

 

(iii) (a) How many students are in the class

1 7  
2 6  
3 2  
4 3  

Ans.

(1)

Number of students in the class is 7