How to get a factor of a number

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Giuliana Melton

Mathematics

23 February, 19:11

How to get a factor of a number

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Lamar Burnett · Answer 1

For instance, the factors of 15 are 3 and 5, because 3*5 = 15. Some numbers have more than one factorization (more than one way of being factored). For instance, 12 can be factored as 1*12, 2*6, or 3*4. A number that can only be factored as 1 times itself is called "prime".