Last updated on May 26th, 2025
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. Here 1,2,73 and 146 are the factors of 146. The number has both positive and negative integers that divide 146 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:
2×73=146
1×146=146
This means that 1, 2,73, and 146 are the factors of 146.
We divide 146 by numbers starting from 1 and see which number gives the remainder of 0.
146 1=146
146 2=73
146 73=2
146 146=1
So the factors are 1,2,73 and 146.
The breaking down of numbers as prime factors is called prime factorization. The factors of 146 are:
146=2x73
A factor tree shows how a number can be parted down into prime factors.146 is broken down into two factors, 2 and 73.
The factors of a number will have both the positive and negative numbers:
Positive :(1,2,73,146)
Negative:(-1,-2,-73,-146)
While learning about the factors of 146, students may likely make mistakes, to avoid them a few mistakes with solutions are given below
Check if 146 is Divisible by 3.
A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of each digit of the given number is divisible by 3.
1+4+6=11,
Since 11 is not divisible by 3, 146 is not divisible by 3
Since the sum of the digits of 146 is 11 and 11 is not divisible by 3, we conclude that 146 is not divisible by 3.
Find the Sum of All Positive Factors of 146.
1, 2, 73, and 146 are the positive factors of 146.
1+2+73+146=222
The factors of 146 are 1,2,73 and 146. Adding them gives 222, so the sum of all positive factors of 146 is 222.
Calculate the Remainder When 146 is divided by 5.
146÷5=29 remainder 11
The remainder is 1.
146 is divisible by 5 and the quotient is 29, with remainder as 1. This means 146=5×29+1, so the remainder is 1.