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 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.

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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 multiples of 5 include 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, etc.

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List all the factors of 24.

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1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

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Which number is a multiple of 5? 16, 29, 40, 32

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40

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Which number is a factor of 6? 12, 2, 8, 10

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2

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List all the factors of 27.

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1, 3, 9, 27

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Which is NOT a factor of 12? 1, 3, 5, 12

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5

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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 all integers from 1 up to that number and see which divisions result in whole numbers.