Factors

Factors

What are factors?

Factors are two numbers that are multiplied together to make a product.

In the equation 7x8=56

What are the factors and what is the product?

• 7 is a factor of 56

• 8 is a factor of 56

• 56 is the product

To find the factors we reverse the equation. So, in the product 56 we ask the question, what number, factor, times what number, factor equals 56, our product? Let's try it.

Multiple Choice

What is one factor of 21? Remember, what numbers multiplied together equal 21?

• 1 and 21

• 3 and 7

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What are factors of 12

• 1 and 21

• 2 and 6

• 11 and 2

• 4 and 4

Multiple Select

What are all the factors of 48?

• 1 and 48

• 2 and 24

• 3 and 16

• 4 and 12

• 6 and 8