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Last updated on November 28th, 2024
Factors are the numbers that divide another number equally, without leaving any remainder. When you multiply two numbers to find another number, the two which are multiplied are factors. You can think of factors as the building blocks that will help you make numbers.
Factors are the numbers that help us divide things equally without any leftovers. The numbers 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 153, and 306 are the factors of 306. The number has both positive and negative integers that divide 306 without leaving any remainder.
Factors help us divide numbers equally, making calculations faster and easier. Given below are the methods used to find factors:
In this method, we take two numbers and find the product of those two numbers to get the required number.
Example:
1×306=306
2×153=306
2×102=306
6×51=306
9×34=306
17×18=306
This means that 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 153, and 306 are the factors of 306.
We divide 306 by numbers starting from 1 and see which number gives the remainder of 0.
306 ÷1=306
306÷ 2=153
306÷ 3=102
306÷ 6=51
306 ÷9=34
306 ÷17=18
So the factors are 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 153, and 306.
The breaking down of numbers as prime factors is called prime factorization. The factors of 306 are:
306=2x3x3x17
A factor tree shows how a number can be parted down into prime factors.306 is broken down into two factors, 2 × 32 × 17.
Positive and negative pairs:
The factors of a number will have both the positive and negative numbers:
Positive :(1,2,3,6,9,17,18,34,51,102,153,306)
Negative:(−1,−2,−3,−6,−9,−17,−18,−34,−51,−102,−153,−306)
Find the total number of factors of 306.
Verify if 306 is divisible by 9.
Find the GCF of 306 and 459.