Unit 2.

Divisibility

UNIT 2. DIVISIBILITY
1 Factors. Factoring a whole number.

Glossary:

Factors: Numbers that are multiplied together are called factors.

Factors of a number

Example:

To factor a number

As we can write
we can say that 3 and 4 are factors of 12
The pairs of whole numbers whose product is 12 are:
In order, from least to greatest, the factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

To factor a whole number means to express it as the product of other whole numbers.
Factors of a number
are also called divisors
of the number

Notice that each of the factors divides 12 exactly, leaving a remainder of 0.

The factors of a number divide that number evenly (there is no remainder).

Example: 1, 2, 3, and 6 are natural number factors of 6 because they divide 6 evenly.

How do we find all the factors of a number?

Try dividing the number by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . Those numbers that divide the number evenly are its factors.

Example: Find all the factors of 42.

The factors are repeating

All the factors of 42 have been found. The factors of 42 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, and 42.
1. Factor 18 using

a) two factors

b)three factors

2. Factor 40 using a) two factors

b) three factors

3. a) Find all the factors of 30

b) Find the factors of 23.

c) Find the factors of 17