How are divisors and factors alike?

Answer 1

They're just different words for the same thing.

Answer 2

They're different words for the same thing. When you're multiplying, you call them factors. When you're dividing, you call them divisors.

Answer 3

no cause the factor game is way different then a divisor game

Answer 4

A set of common factors can contain both prime and composite numbers. Common prime factors are merely common factors that happen to be prime.

Answer 5

They're essentially the same thing. Factors multiply with each other to create a number, divisors go into a number evenly.

Answer 6

When you're dividing, you call them divisors and when you're multiplying you call them factors, but they're just different words for the same thing.

Answer 7

No difference. We frequently use factor when we multiply and divisor when we divide, but they're essentially the same thing.

Answer 8

Yes, that is correct.

Answer 9

Yes.