"Distinct" in this case means different. Sometimes factors are repeated. Square numbers have a factor pair that is the same number twice. When we write out the list of numbers, we don't write that number twice.
The factor pairs of 100 are (100,1)(50,2)(25,4)(20,5)(10,10)
The distinct factors of 100 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100
Prime numbers have one distinct prime factor.
Not necessarily. (6,6) is a factor pair of 36, but only one of the sixes is a distinct factor of 36.
It can be. 48 is a factor of 96.
It is a square of that factor. E.g. 5 is a distinct factor of 25. If you multiply that distinct factor by itself (5*5) you get 25. A square comes from the x^2 notation and is any number which has a factor which is multiplied by itself.
1,2,4,7,14,28
1 and 11
Yes.
16=2*2*2*2 There is only one distinct prime factor, that is 2.
The distinct factors of 75 are 1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75.
The difference is between factor pairs and distinct factors. With square numbers, one of the factor pairs will be the same number twice. When listing the distinct factors, that number is only listed once.
No, 12 is not a prime number.
(64,1)(32,2)(16,4)(8,8)