Factors of 17 | How to Find the Factors of 17 🔢
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Last updated on November 28th, 2024

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Factors of 17

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In this article, we will learn about the factors of 17 and discuss the different methods to find them. Factors help us to understand how a number can be divided or grouped according to our use. In our daily life, we apply them when we compare prices and work with ratios. Learning the factors will help our problem-solving skills.

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What are the factors of 17?

Factors of a number are any number that goes into the given, with no remainders. Let’s now find the factors of 17!

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How to find the factors of 17?

The factors of a number can be found using multiple different methods, apply the ones that you find easy to understand and solve through. Let us learn about these in detail!

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Finding Factors Using Multiplication

Here, we find a pair of numbers that multiply to give the product 17. 


Steps: 


1.We have to identify the pair of numbers whose product is 17. 


In the case of 17, the only likely factor pair is 1 and 17. 


2.List these factors from the multiplication as factors. 

 

Factors using the multiplication method for 17 are — 1,17. 
 

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Finding Factors by Division Method

In the division method, we divide the number 17 with integers to check if the numbers divide into 17 evenly. 


Steps: 

 

  • Divide 17/1 = 17 

 

  • Check the next integer, 2, 17/2=8.5 and proceed checking. 

 

  • 17 is not divisible by any other number except itself, and no factors are found. 

 

  •  Factors using the division method for 17 are — 1,17. 
     
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Prime Factors and Prime Factorization

Prime factors of 17 : 17 is a prime number. The only prime factor 17 has is 17. 


Prime factorization of 17 :When we prime factorize, we break down a number to smaller factors. In case of 17, however, the prime factorization of the number is just 17. 
 

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Factor tree

Factor tree is a diagram that is used to break down the numbers into their prime factors. In the case of 17, no branches can be added, 17 is a prime number. 
 

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factor pairs

The factors can be written as both positive and negative pairs. The product of these pairs will be equal to the original number. 


Positive factor pair — (1,17) 


Negative factor pair — (-1,-17) 
 

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Important glossaries for the Factors of 17

  • Quotient: The result we obtain on dividing a number with the other 

 

  • Odd numbers: numbers that have a remainder left behind when divided by 2

 

  • Perfect squares: product we get on multiplying a whole number with itself 
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