What patterns do you observe among the factors of 48?

Answer 1

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48

The alternating numbers double.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16
3, 6, 12, 24, 48

The prime factorizations also follow an alternating pattern.

2
3
2,2
2,3
2,2,2
2,2,3
2,2,2,2
2,2,2,3
2,2,2,2,3

Answer 2

I don’t know

Answer 3

Each factor can be divided by 8.