Week 13: Warm-up 1 (Factoring)

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What are factors in mathematics?

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Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to get another number.

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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 the number by integers starting from 1 up to the number itself and check which divisions result in whole numbers.

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What is the relationship between factors and products?

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Factors are the numbers that are multiplied together to produce a product.

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What does it mean for factors to sum to a specific number?

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It means that when you add the factors together, the result equals that specific number.

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What are the factors of 10?

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The factors of 10 are 1, 2, 5, and 10.

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What are the factors of 9?

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The factors of 9 are 1, 3, and 9.

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What are the factors of -90 that sum to 1?

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The factors are (10) and (-9).

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What are the factors of 10 that sum to -11?

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The factors are (-1) and (-10).

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What does it mean for a number to have multiple pairs of factors?

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It means that there are different combinations of numbers that can be multiplied together to yield the same product.

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What is the significance of negative factors?

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Negative factors can also produce a positive product when multiplied together, as the product of two negative numbers is positive.