Factors and Multiples

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What are factors?

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Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to get another number. For example, the factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 36.

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What are multiples?

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Multiples are numbers that can be divided by a certain number without leaving a remainder. For example, the first 6 multiples of 7 are 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42.

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What are the factors of 36?

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The factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 36.

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What are the first 6 multiples of 4?

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The first 6 multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24.

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What are the factors of 23?

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The factors of 23 are 1 and 23.

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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 whole numbers starting from 1 up to that number. If the division results in a whole number, both the divisor and the quotient are factors.

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How do you find the multiples of a number?

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To find the multiples of a number, multiply that number by whole numbers starting from 1. For example, multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.

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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 whole numbers.

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List the first 5 multiples of 3.

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The first 5 multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15.

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What is a prime number?

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A prime number is a number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. For example, 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.