What are the factors and prime factors of 356?
356 is a composite number because it has factors other than 1 and itself. It is not a prime number.The 6 factors of 356 are 1, 2, 4, 89, 178, and 356.The factor pairs of 356 are 1 x 356, 2 x 178, and 4 x 89.The proper factors of 356 are 1, 2, 4, 89, and 178 or,if the definition you are using excludes 1, they are 2, 4, 89, and 178.The prime factors of 356 are 2, 2, and 89. Note: There is repetition of these factors, so if the prime factors are being listed instead of the prime factorization, usually only the distinct prime factors are listed.The 2 distinct prime factors (listing each prime factor only once) of 356 are 2 and 89.The prime factorization of 356 is 2 x 2 x 89 or, in index form (in other words, using exponents), 22 x 89.NOTE: There cannot be common factors, a greatest common factor, or a least common multiple because "common" refers to factors or multiples that two or more numbers have in common.