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Do odd numbers have a factor?

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All whole numbers have factors.

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What odd whole numbers have 12 as a factor?

No odd whole numbers have 12 as a factor. 1 and 3 are odd numbers that are factors of 12.


How do you find an odd factor of a number?

All nonzero numbers have factors. Some factors are odd numbers. 3 is an odd factor of 12.


How do you find the greatest odd factor?

All nonzero numbers have factors. Some factors are odd numbers. The largest of these would be the greatest odd factor. Of course, the greatest odd factor of any odd number is the number itself.


What number has an odd number for a factor?

All odd numbers have odd factors.


Is the greatest common factor of two odd numbers always 2?

Of course not. In fact, the greatest common factor of two odd numbers is never 2.-- 2 is never a factor of any odd number.-- The greatest common factor of the odd numbers 651 and 1,085 is 217.


Is the greatest common factor of any two odd numbers always odd?

Yes.Yes.2 can never be a factor of an odd number and because of that it can't be a common factor of any number pair where at least one of numbers is odd.


Do all odd numbers have 3 as a factor?

No. Seven is odd, for example, and does not have three as a factor.


Is three a factor of all odd numbers?

No. A few counterexamples include the numbers 1, 5, 7, and 11, which are all odd numbers but of which 3 is not a factor.


Is the greatest common factor odd numbers will always odd?

Yes.


When multiplying an odd number by an odd number why is the result odd?

The product of multiplication results in a number that has all of the factors of the two numbers being multiplied. All even numbers have the prime factor 2. Since no odd number has the factor 2, no product of those numbers can have it. So: - Odd numbers times odd numbers produce odd numbers. - Odd numbers times even numbers produce even numbers. - Even numbers times even numbers produce even numbers.


Is there a factor tree for odd numbers?

yes


Can two odd numbers have an even greatest common factor?

No. Odd numbers don't have even factors.