Factor
A number can be broken into pairs of products (*).
Take 8, we could break it into 2 * 4 or 1 * 8
We call those numbers factors!
Here are more examples...
- 15 -> 3 * 5, 15 * 1
- 24 -> 4 * 6, 2 * 12, 24 * 1, 3 * 8
- 6 -> 2 * 3, 6 * 1
Related terms: factorization, prime number
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