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This is a negative Prime number. It will have more than just one factor.
Factors of -3 are 1, -1, 3, -3
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What are the 2 integers with a product of negative 12 and a sum of negative 3?
Factor 12 = 2x2x3 There's no combination for -12 as a product and -3 as a sum at the same time.
What is the prime factor of 27?
The prime factorization of 27 is 3 X 3 X 3. In exponential form it is 3 cubed.Here is a factor tree:273 x 93 x 3 x 33 x 3 x 3
What are the factor pairs of NEGATIVE numbers?
The numbers are the same as positive numbers, just the signs change. Write out the factor pairs as if the number were positive, but make one of the numbers positive and one negative. Now write the same pairs over again and reverse the signs. Negative numbers have twice as many factor pairs as positive numbers do.
What is the smallest factor of a number?
The smallest positive factor of any positive integer is the number 1. If negative factors are allowed, the smallest factor is the negative of the absolute value of any integer.
How do you factor negative numbers?
The same as with positive numbers. The factors of negative numbers have the same absolute value. One set positive, one set negative. Example: -12 1,2,3,4,6,12,-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-12
