How do you find the factors and prime factors of 24?

Answer 1

Use a factor tree.

24

12,2

6,2,2

3,2,2,2

2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 24

2 and 3 are the prime factors.

All of the other factors are some combination of these. Don't forget one and the number itself.

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