What is the highest power of 2 that is less than 1000?

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smendyka
Nov 15, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The powers of #2# are:

#2^0 = 1#
#2^2 = 4#
#2^3 = 8#
#2^4 = 16#
#2^5 = 32#
#2^6 = 64#
#2^7 = 128#
#2^8 = 256#
#2^9 = 512#
#2^10 = 1024#

Therefore, the highest power of 2 still within or less than 1000 is;

#2^9 = 512#

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