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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. Factors of 151 are 1 and 151 as 151 is a prime number. The number has both positive and negative integers that divide 151 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: 1×151=151, this means that 1 and 151 are the factors of 151.
We divide 151 by numbers starting from 1 and see which number gives the remainder of 0.
151 1=151
151 151=1
So the factors are 1 and 151.
The breaking down of numbers as prime factors is called prime factorization. As 151 is a prime number, it can have only two factors. So, it cannot be divided into smaller parts.
A factor tree shows how a number can be parted down into prime factors.151 cannot be broken down into two factors, as it is a prime number.
The factors of a number will have both the positive and negative numbers:
Positive :(1,151)
Negative:(-1,-151)
Prime Factorization: It is a method of splitting down a number into its factors. For example: 2 x 79.
Divisibility: A number is said to be divisible by a certain number, when we divide a number it should give a whole number and not a decimal.
Even number: A number that when divided by 2 gives a whole number.