What are the factors and prime factors of 12?

Answer 1

12 is a composite number; it has factors other than 1 and itself. It is not a Prime number.

The 6 factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

The factor pairs of 12 are 1 x 12, 2 x 6, and 3 x 4.

The proper factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 or,

if the definition you are using excludes 1, they are 2, 3, 4, and 6.

The prime factors of 12 are 2, 2, and 3

Note: There is repetition of these factors, so if the prime factors are being listed instead of the prime factorization, usually only the distinct prime factors are listed.

The 2 distinct prime factors (listing each prime factor only once) of 12 are 2 and 3.

The prime factorization of 12 is 2 x 2 x 3 or, in index form (in other words, using exponents), 22 x 3.

NOTE: There cannot be common factors, a greatest common factor, or a least common multiple because "common" refers to factors or multiples that two or more numbers have in common.

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The factors of 12 are: 1 2 3 4 6 12.

The prime factors are: 2 3

Answer 2

The factors of 12 are the numbers that can be evenly divided into 12 without leaving a remainder. The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. The prime factors of 12 are the prime numbers that can be multiplied together to get the original number. The prime factors of 12 are 2 and 3.

Answer 3

6

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Answer 5

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