The smallest positive whole number is 1.
If you include numbers that aren't whole, then there's no such thing as the 'smallest' one.
Whatever number you name, no matter how small it is, I can always name another one
that smaller than yours but still positive.
For example:
Your number . . . 0.000000000000001
My number. . . . . 0.0000000000000001
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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.
10
It is 55.
4 is the smallest positive composite number
The smallest whole number that has exactly 6 distinct positive divisors is 12. The divisors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. These are the only positive integers that evenly divide 12, making it the smallest number with exactly 6 distinct positive divisors.