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Factors are numbers that produce a product when multiplied together. A divisor is a number that produces a product when multiplied by a quotient, which is also a factor.
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.
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What is the relationship between factors and divisors?
They are different terms for the same thing. Call them factors when you're multiplying and divisors when you're dividing. So it is just like dividing
What is a special name for factors?
divisors
What is the divisors of 8?
Eight has four divisors (factors): 1, 2, 4, 8.
What are all the divisors of 22?
22 has four divisors (also called factors): 1, 2, 11, 22.
What are numbers multiplied together to get a bigger number?
They are called factors or divisors.
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