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One is a factor of any number, because any number can be evenly divided by one.

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Why is a factor a factor of itself?

Because any number times one equals the original number. Therefore, one and the number itself will always be a factor pair of any given number.


What is the least factor of any number?

One.


What number is the smallest factor of any number?

One


What number is the smallest factor of any numbers?

One is.


What can a number be to any one of its factor?

equal to or greater than


Which number is greatest factor of every number?

The greatest factor of any number is the number itself. There is no integer that is the greatest factor of every number. One is a factor of every number. One is the GCF of co-prime numbers.


What number has not any factor?

Every number has a factor.


Why is the least common factor of any two whole numbers is one?

The number one goes into every number making the the least (lowest) common factor.


What is the smallest numerical factor that any number can have?

One.


What number is not a factor of any number but zero?

No number exists. ============ Zero is not a factor of any number but zero.


What number has an least common factor of 91?

None. The least common factor is defined only for two or more numbers: one number cannot have a LCF. In any case, the least factor of any number is 1. So 91 cannot be a least common factor of any number since 1 is a factor and 1 is less than 91.


The number 10 is a factor of any number that ends with?

the number 10 is a factor of any number that ends with zero