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
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divisors
Eight has four divisors (factors): 1, 2, 4, 8.
22 has four divisors (also called factors): 1, 2, 11, 22.
They are called factors or divisors.
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.