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RossThe process of factoring is breaking a number down into smaller parts. Sometimes you are asked to list the factors, which are all the numbers that divide into a given number evenly, with no remainder. The factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36.
Sometimes you are asked to provide the prime factors which are the prime numbers that multiply to make the number. The prime factorization of 36 is 2 x 2 x 3 x 3.
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What are factor and factoring in math?
Factoring is like taking a number apart. It means to express a number as the product of its factors. Factors are either composite numbers or prime numbers (except that 0 and 1 are neither prime nor composite). Chihuahua1492 :0
Why cant you use 1 as a factor in a factor tree?
Factor trees are intended to find prime factors, one isn't prime. The process of factoring is intended to break down the number. Since factoring out one still leaves the original number, it isn't useful.
What are the three methods of factoring?
1. Factoring out a common monomial 2. Factoring out the differnece of two perfect square numbers 3. Factoring out a common binomial
What is different about factoring with a common factor and factoring by the greatest common factor?
When you divide 2 or more numbers by a common factor which is not the greatest common factor, they will still have a common factor which is greater than 1. When you divide them by their greatest common factor, the quotients are coprime - that is, they no longer have a factor in common other than 1.
What are all the prime factors up to 100?
If the numbers are prime numbers, the prime factor of each number is the number itself. If the numbers are not prime numbers, the prime factors of each number are each of the prime numbers by which the number in question can be divided without a remainder.
