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What is a proper factor for the number four?
The only proper factor of four is two.
Does every number have a proper factor that can be multiplied to get another proper factor?
No, prime numbers do not have proper factors.
What are the proper factors of the number one?
In the context of primes and factoriation, every counting number is a factor.
What is the greatest common factor of 3 4 and 6?
4 3 and 6 have no proper factor in common. Remember that 1 is a factor of every counting number, but not a proper factor of any of them. Greatest common factor questions do not recognise 1 as a proper factor. When talking of primes neither 1 nor the number itself is regarded as a proper factor.
Why does every number have 1 as a proper factor?
Every number has one as a factor because one can divide into any number with no remainder. Every number does not have one as a proper factor because the set of proper factors does not contain one and the number itself.
Is 22a prime or composite number?
A composite number
Is number 22 a proper factor?
It can be. 22 is a proper factor of 44.
What is a proper factor for the number four?
The only proper factor of four is two.
What is a proper factor for the number nine?
3 is the only proper factor of 9.
Can a proper factor be a 2 digit number?
Yes. 17 is a proper factor of 34.
Is a prime factor the same as a proper factor?
No, a prime factor is a single factor that is a prime number. A proper factor is a member of the set of factors that doesn't include one and the number itself.
Is the number 1 a proper factor?
No.
Is a proper factor a odd number?
NO
Does every number have a proper factor that can be multiplied to get another proper factor?
No, prime numbers do not have proper factors.
Why is the set of factor of a number not the same as the set of proper factors of that number?
Depending on your definition of proper factors, the set of proper factor factors either doesn't include 1 and/or the number itself for a given number.
What are the proper factors of the number 4?
The only proper factor of four is two.
Proper factors of 99?
The proper factors of 99 are: 1, 3, 9, 11, 33. A proper factor is any factor of the number that is not itself.
