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Every number is both a factor and a multiple of itself. Every other factor is smaller than the number, every other multiple is larger than the number.

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How can you know if a number is a multiple of another number?

When it is a factor of that particular number.


How do you know if a number is a factor of 9?

I think you might mean "multiple." If the sum of a number's digits is a multiple of 9, the original number is as well. If you want to know how you know if a number is a factor of 9, memorize the numbers 1, 3 and 9.


What is the difference a multiple of a number and a factor of a number?

A factor is what goes into a number, a multiple is what a number goes into. 3 is a factor of 9 27 is a multiple of 9.


If a number is a factor of another number can it be a multiple also of the same number?

No. A number cannot be both a factor and a multiple of another number. A number can be multiple and factor of itself, but nothing else.


Is a factor a multiple?

No. A factor goes into a number. A number goes into a multiple. They have an inverse relationship in the sense that if A is a multiple of B, then B is a factor of A.


Why is the number one not a multiple and factor?

One is a multiple and a factor.


What is the difrence between a factor and a multiple?

They have a converse relationship. A factor is a number that divides into another, with no remainders. A multiple is something that can be multiplied by another number, to reach the original number that you had. Thus: Original number / a factor = a multiple Multiple * (the correct factor) = original number. "the correct factor", because most number have more than one factor. But only one factor * multiple will give the original number.


Your number is a multiple of 10 and its a factor of 45 what number you are?

There is no multiple of 10 that's a factor of 45.


Can a multiple be a factor?

Only if the multiple, the factor and the original number are all the same. 10 is a multiple and factor of 10.


Which number is a factor of 15 but not a multiple of 5?

Which number is a factor of 10 , but not a multiple of 5


Your number is even it is a factor of 198 and multiple of 9what is your number?

The number is 18, It is even number, it is factor of 198 and multiple of 9


What number is it has 90 as a factor thre number is prime 21 is the multiple of the number?

If 21 is a multiple of the number, the number cannot have 90 as a factor.

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