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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. Let’s learn about the Factors of 201 which are 1,3,67 and 201. The number has both positive and negative factors that divide the number evenly.
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:
3×67=201
1×201=201
This means that 1,3,67, and 201 are the factors of 201.
We divide 201 by numbers starting from 1 and see which number gives the remainder of 0.
201 ÷1=201
201 ÷ 3=67
201 ÷67=3
201 ÷201=1
So the factors are 1,3,67 and 201
The breaking down of numbers as prime factors is called prime factorization. The factors of 201 are:
201=3x67
A factor tree shows how a number can be parted down into prime factors.201 is broken down into two factors, 3 and 67
Positive and negative pairs:
The factors of a number will have both the positive and negative numbers:
Positive :(1,3,67 and 201)
Negative:(-1,-3,-67 and -201)