1 is the smallest number that divides any positive integer evenly.
A factor divides evenly into a given number.
Do the division, and see if there is a remainder.
The smallest prime number that divides 98 evenly is 2.
The smallest prime number that divides 147 evenly is three (3).
The number is 28.
The number is 14.
2 56 4 28 8 14
Because 4 is the largest positive integer that divides evenly into both 28 and 72 with no remainder.
All of these: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56.
A factor divides evenly into a given number.
1 no other number divides into all of them evenly
A number that divides evenly into another number is called a factor.
1 is the smallest number that divides any positive integer evenly.
A factor divides evenly into a given number.
A number that divides into a whole number evenly is called a "factor" of that number.
Do the division, and see if there is a remainder.