Question

What is the concept of Factors & Multiples ?​

Answer 1

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A multiple is a number that can be divided by another number a certain number of times without a remainder. A factor is one of two or more numbers that divides a given number without a remainder. For example, they may be given a number such as 24 and asked if it is a multiple of the following numbers: 10, 2, 5, 8, 6

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

A multiple is a number that can be divided by another number a certain number of times without a remainder.

A factor is one of two or more numbers that divides a given number without a remainder.

Multiples and factors are best explained by using a number sentence such as the following:

This number sentence tells us that 20 is a multiple of 5 and is also a multiple of 4.

It also tells us that 5 and 4 are factors of 20.

By Year 4, when children have learnt all their times tables they should be able to recognise multiples of any number up to 10.

For example, they may be given a number such as 24 and asked if it is a multiple of the following numbers: 10, 2, 5, 8, 6. Their knowledge of times tables should help them to work out that 24 is a multiple of 2, 8 and 6.

Children also learn about factors in Year 4.

They may be asked to identify pairs of factors of two-digit numbers.

For example: they may be given the number 60 and asked to pick out two pairs of factors from

the following numbers: 7, 3, 9, 8, 15, 4, 20. (The answer to this is 3 x 20 and 4 x 15.)

They may also need to find common multiples. For example: they may be given the numbers 6 and 9 and asked to find three multiples that have both these numbers as factors. (The three numbers could be: 54, 18 and 36.)

In Year 5, children will continue to carry out tasks involving factors and multiples and this will extend to learning about prime numbers and square numbers.

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