What are the factors and prime factors of 61?

Answer 1

61 is a Prime number. The only two factors of a prime number are 1 and itself.

The two factors of 61 are 1 and 61. There are only two factors of a prime number.

The only factor pair of 61 is 1 x 61. There is only one factor pair of a prime number.

The proper factors of 61 are only 1 or,

if the definition you are using excludes 1, there are none.

The only prime factor of 61 is 61. There is only one prime factor of a prime number - itself.

The distinct prime factor (listing each prime factor only once) of 61 is also 61.

The prime factorization of 61 is 61. In some cases, to emphasize that it is prime, you might write the prime factorization as 1 x 61.

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.