Factors and Multiples

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What are factors?

Back

Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to get another number. For example, the factors of 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.

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List all the factors of 15.

Back

The factors of 15 are 1, 3, 5, and 15.

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What are multiples?

Back

Multiples are the result of multiplying a number by an integer. For example, the first five multiples of 8 are 8, 16, 24, 32, and 40.

Front

List the first 5 multiples of 7.

Back

The first 5 multiples of 7 are 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35.

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Which number is not a factor of 24: 2, 3, 4, 5?

Back

5 is not a factor of 24.

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What is the smallest factor of any number?

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The smallest factor of any number is always 1.

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What is the largest factor of a number?

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The largest factor of a number is the number itself.

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How do you find the factors of a number?

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To find the factors of a number, divide it by integers starting from 1 up to that number and check which divisions result in whole numbers.

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What is the difference between factors and multiples?

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Factors are numbers that divide another number evenly, while multiples are the result of multiplying a number by integers.

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List the first 5 multiples of 5.

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The first 5 multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25.