define factors of maths
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Answer:
Multiplying two whole numbers gives a product.The numbers that we multiply are the factors of product.
A factor divides a number completely without leaving any remainder.
Example- 3×5=15 therefore ,3 and 5 are the factors of 15
30÷ 6= 5 and there
is no remainder. So we can say that 5 and 6 are the factors of 30. Prime factorization
When we write a number as a product of all its prime factors, it is called prime factorization.
Every number in prime factorization is a prime number.
Sometimes to write the prime factors of a number we might have to repeat a number.
Fun Facts
Factors are always whole numbers or integers and never decimals or fractions.
All even numbers will have number 2 as their factor.
All numbers that end with 5 will have 5 as their factor.
All numbers greater than 0 and ending with a 0 will have 2, 5, and 10 as their factors.
Algebraic expressions are often solved or simplified through factoring.